75th VE Day Anniversary
News at Ware & Co | 06/05/2020
- One dramatic change has been the cost of living and what money will buy today compared to 1945. Fortunately average earnings have risen steeply too.
- In the UK in 1945 the average house price was £620, and average earnings were £214 per annum while the average weekly grocery shop cost just £0.45.
- Prices haven't always followed continuous growth. For example computers cost less today because of the progress of technological innovation.
- Here's some fun comparisons.
