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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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