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Remember the table in my last post? Obviously not. No-one remembers anything nowadays. Especially me.

I wouldn't be able to remember what I had for breakfast. If I didn't have the same thing every day. Cheese toastie. Today with Emmenthaler. Usually old Gouda. I'm rambling. On with business.

Here's the table I'm going to refer back to. It'll make things easier for us all.



UK Excise and customs revenue from alcoholic drink (£ millions)



Beer
Wine
Spirits



Year
UK
Imports
total
UK
Imports
total
UK
Imports
total
Duty Receipts in Total


1937
57.3
5.4
62.7
0.5
5.1
5.6
31.4
4.8
36.2
104.5


1938
61.2
4.5
65.7
0.5
5.0
5.5
31.1
4.8
35.9
107.1


1939
62.4
3.2
65.6
0.5
4.8
5.3
30.9
4.7
35.6
106.5


1940
75.2
3.6
78.8
0.9
5.7
6.6
34.5
6.2
40.7
126.1


1941
133.5
5.6
139.1
1.6
7.8
9.4
33.9
11.6
45.5
194.0


1942
157.3
7.3
164.6
1.1
3.8
4.9
31.0
15.7
46.7
216.2


1943
209.6
8.0
217.6
1.7
2.4
4.1
49.4
18.2
67.6
289.3


1944
263.2
6.4
269.6
2.1
2.3
4.4
59.6
17.2
76.8
350.8


1945
278.9
8.9
287.8
2.0
2.5
4.5
50.1
13.5
63.6
355.9


1946
295.3
10.8
306.1
2.2
5.0
7.2
51.2
16.9
68.1
381.4


1947
250.4
9.4
259.8
2.2
10.8
13.0
51.6
24.9
76.5
349.3


1948
264.1
9.9
274.0
3.4
15.6
19.0
40.7
42.7
83.4
376.4


1949
294.7
12.6
307.3
3.8
15.7
19.5
46.7
44.1
90.8
417.6


1950
263.1
13.7
276.8
2.8
16.1
18.9
58.7
39.6
98.3
394.0


1951
249.1
13.0
262.1
3.2
18.1
21.3
75.8
38.7
114.5
397.9


1952
248.2
12.7
260.9
3.3
17.5
20.8
67.1
29.9
97.0
378.7


Source:


"Drink in Great Britain 1900-1979" by GP Williams and GT Brake, 1980, Edsdall London, page 380.




Though, if you look at the next table, you’ll see that, while the tax revenue on wine trebled between 1939 and 1948, the quantity consumed had fallen considerably, by more than a third. Beer consumption over the same period was up by a quarter. It must be borne in mind that that beer in 1948 was on average about 10 degrees in gravity weaker than in 1939.




UK Consumption of beer and wine 1937-52 (1,000 gallons)



Imported Wines



Year
Beer
Heavy
Light
Sparkling
British Wines
Total Wines
% wine


1937
864,000
11,709
3,950
679
5,690
22,028
2.49%


1938
900,000
31,516
3,623
628
6,144
21,910
2.33%


1939
900,000
11,602
3,062
561
6,418
21,645
2.35%


1940
936,000
11,353
2,572
388
6,916
21,228
2.22%


1941
972,000
10,392
1,730
232
6,408
18,763
1.89%


1942
1,080,000
4,623
752
75
3,957
9,407
0.86%


1943
1,080,000
1,705
264
29
3,100
5,098
0.47%


1944
1,116,000
1,166
508
13
2,898
4,585
0.41%


1945
1,152,000
1,400
227
11
2,735
4,373
0.38%


1946
1,224,000
2,723
464
92
2,921
6,200
0.50%


1947
1,080,000
5,282
1,837
329
2,998
10,445
0.96%


1948
1,116,000
7,098
2,145
383
3,899
13,525
1.20%


1949
1,008,000
5,718
1,282
497
2,961
10,458
1.03%


1950
972,000
5,939
1,667
476
3,662
11,754
1.19%


1951
936,000
6,439
2,684
560
4,450
14,133
1.49%


1952
936,000
6,078
3,234
519
4,672
14,503
1.53%


Source:


"Drink in Great Britain 1900-1979" by GP Williams and GT Brake, 1980, Edsdall London, page 381.



Strange how the imports of sparkling wine collapse between 1942 and 1947. It’s almost as if there was a reason why they couldn’t get hold of champagne.

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