4. The 1900 Price list
General Cooking Products
Vanilla flavouring £0 0s 1d/ bottle
Vinegar (Sarson's) £0 0s 2.5d/bottle
Yeast (powdered) £0 0s 5d/pot
Fats
Butter £0 1s 4d/1lb
Margarine £0 0s 2d/ 1/2lb
Suet (Atora) £0 0s 3d/ 1/2lb
Preferences
Honey (Clear English) £0 1s 0d/jar
Raspberry, Strawberry, £0 0s 6d/jar
Black Currant Jam (Hartley's) Apricot Jam (Hartley's) £0 0s 8d/jar
Marmalade (Duerr's) £0 0s 6d/jar
Marmalade (Keiller's) £0 0s 6d/jar
Robertson's golden shred £0 0s 5d/jar
Dried Fruit
Almonds £0 0s 2.5d/packet
Currants £0 0s 4d/1lb
Preserved cherries £0 1s 6d/packet
Raisins £0 0s 5.5d/1lb
Sultanas £0 0s 9d/2lbs
Pasta & Pulses
Macaroni £0 0s 3.5d/1lb
Vermicelli (Wheat) £0 0s 5.5d/1lb
Dried Lentils £0 0s 3d/ 1lb
Dried Split Peas £0 0s 1d/ 1lb
Dried Haricot Beans £0 0s 2d/ 1lb
Dried Butter Beans £0 0s 3d/ 1lb
Grains & Cereals
Cornflour (Brown & Pason) £0 0s 5d/1/2lb
Long white rice £0 0s 8d/ 4lbs
Pudding rice £0 0s 5d/ 2lbs
Pearl Barley £0 0s 7d/packet
Porridge oats (Scott's) £0 0s 4d/ 11/2lbs
Tinned and Potted Meats & Fish
Potted corned beef (Shippam's) £0 0s 5d/tin
Potted salmon (Shippam's) £0 0s 5d/tin
Potted bloater (Shippam's) £0 0s 5d/tin
Tinned Chicken £0 1s 4d/tin
Tinned Corned beef £0 1s 2d/tin
Tinned Herring £0 0s 8d/tin
Tinned Lobster £0 0s 8d/tin
Tinned Ox Tongue £0 0s 9d/tin
Tinned Salmon £0 0s 8d/tin
Tinned Sardines £0 1s 2d/tin
Tinned Vegetables
Asparagus £0 1s 3d/tin
Green Beans £0 0s 10d/tin
Green Peas £0 0s 10d/tin
Tomatoes £0 0s 10d/tin
Tinned Fruits
Apricots £0 1s 6d/tin
Peaches £0 0s 10d/tin
Pear £0 1s 6d/tin
Pineapple £0 1s 2d/tin
Tinned Soups
Green Pea (Crosse & Blackwell) £0 0s 7d/tin
Mulligazanny (C & B) £0 0s 9.5d/tin
Ox Tail (C & B) £0 0s 9.5d/tin
Other Tinned Products
Condensed Milk £0 0s 5d/tin
Cheeses
Camembert £0 0s 7.5d/lb
Cheddar £0 0s 10d/lb
Cheshire £0 0s 10d/lb
Cream cheese £0 0s 6d/lb
Dutch £0 0s 8d/lb
Gloucester £0 0s 7d/lb
Gorgonzola £0 1s 0d/lb
Gruyere £0 0s 10d/lb
Parmesan £0 1s 4d/lb
Roquefort £0 1s 4d/lb
Stilton £0 1s 4d/lb
Wensleydale £0 1s 6d/lb
Biscuits
Arrowroot £0 0s 9d/packet
Cream crackers (Jacob's) £0 1s 6d/packet
Digestive biscuits (McVities) £0 1s 4d/packet
Ginger nuts £0 1s 9d/packet
Marie biscuits £0 1s 9d/packet
Condiments
Curry powder £0 1s 6d/bottle
Salt (Cerebo's) £0 0s 2d/ bottle
Ground white Pepper £0 0s 3d/bottle
Mushroom Ketchup £0 0s 8d/bottle
Mustard Powder (Colman's) £0 0s 4d/ tin
Spices
Allspice £0 0s 3d/ jar
Blades of mace £0 0s 3d/ jar
Cinnamon £0 0s 2d/ jar
Cinnamon quills £0 0s 3d/ jar
Cloves £0 0s 4d/ jar
Nutmeg £0 0s 5d/ jar
Nutmeg (whole) £0 0s 5d/ jar
Saffron £0 0s 7d/ jar
Ginger (fresh) £0 0s 4d/ per lb
Dried Herbs
Basil £0 0s 2d/ jar
Bay leaf £0 0s 3d/ jar
Caraway seeds £0 0s 3d/ jar
Garlic (fresh) £0 0s 1d/ each
Marjoram £0 2s 3d/ jar
Mint £0 0s 2d/ jar
Parsley £0 0s 2d/ jar
Rosemary £0 0s 2d/ jar
Sage £0 0s 1d/ jar
Thyme £0 0s 2d/ jar
Pickles
Pickled Gherkins £0 0s 9d/bottle
Pickled Mangoes £0 3s 6d/bottle
Pickled Onions £0 0s 8.5d/bottle
Pickled Walnuts £0 0s 8.5d/bottle
Soy sauce £0 0s 6.5d/bottle
Worcester Sauce (Lea & Perrins ) £0 0s 10d/bottle
Hot Drinks
Bovril £0 0s 5d/ jar
Bovril £0 0s 9d/ jar
Cocoa (Cadbury's) £ s 2.5d/packet
Horlicks £0 0s 4d/ packet
Coffee (East India) £0 1s 5d/packet
Coffee (French) £0 1s 4d/packet
Coffee (Mocha) £0 1s 6.5d/packet
Twining's loose Ceylon Tea £0 0s 4d/ packet
Camomile tea £0 0s 3d/ packet
Non-alcoholic Drinks
Blackcurrant syrup £0 0s 5.5d/bottle
Ginger beer £0 0s 1d/bottle
Lime-juice cordial (Roses) £0 0s 10d/bottle
Orange Syrup £0 0s 5.5d/bottle
Schweppes soda water £0 0s 3d/bottle
Alcoholic Drinks
Port £0 5s d/bottle
Sherry (Stone's Original) £0 1s 7d/ bottle
Guiness (Bottle) £0 0s 4d/bottle
Bass (Bottle) £0 0s 4.5d/bottle
Good quality whiskeys 3s - 4s a bottle
Better quality 3/6 to 5s a bottle.
Teacher's Whiskey £0 3s 0d/bottle
Martell Brandy £0 4s 6d/bottle
Gordon's Gin £0 3s 0d/bottle
Household Goods
Wax Lighting Tapers £0 0s 4d/ pack of 5
Zebo Grate Polish £0 1s 2d/ tube
Sunlight Soap £0 0s 9d/ bar
Lifebuoy Soap £0 0s 9d/ bar
Carbolic Soap £0 0s 6d/ long slab
Carbolic Soap Tablets £0 0s 1d/ per tablet
Lux Soapflakes £0 0s 10d/ box
Washing Soda Crystals £0 0s 7d/ box
Household candles (white) £0 0s 6d/ pack of 10
Copper scourers £0 0s 2d/ each
Brasso £0 1s 0d/ bottle
Dolly Blue £0 0s 2d/ sachet
Donkey Stone £0 0s 3d/ stone
Moth Balls £0 0s 6d/ packet
Wooden Dolly Pegs £0 0s 3d/ packet of 12
Ronuk Lavender wax polish £0 0s 11d/ tin
Boot Polish £0 0s 8d/ tin
Matches (Swan Vesta) £0 0s 1d/ box
Robin's Starch £0 0s 10d/ box
Medicated Toilet Tissue £0 0s 3d/ box