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55 8 household items that were status symbols in a working-class home in the 1990s that would cost less than a single grocery run today

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Christian Kelly @ Silicon Canals · today 17:00 EDT

8 household items that were status symbols in a working-class home in the 1990s that would cost less than a single grocery run today

From cordless phones to CD players, these everyday objects once required months of careful saving in working-class families—yet today they'd barely cost more than your weekly shop at Tesco.

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