Well, for one day only, you can with the help of the Sunderland Echo archives.
We browsed through the back copies to find out the cost of everything from toilet rolls to tins of salmon and you would be amazed at some of the bargains.
Have a look down Vine Place, Blandford Street, Derwent Street, Fawcett Street and more for a shopping trip from 50 years ago.
5. A great deal with your milkman
This great offer was available in the Sunderland Echo in May 1975. Get 5 pence off a bottle of Southern Glow orange juice when you handed it to your local milk deliverer. | se
6. Mains and dessert for 65 pence
The Number 30 steak bar was serving two course lunches for 65 pence, in Blandford. Street | se
7. £1 before 9pm at the Locarno
What a bargain. It was £1 admission for anyone who went along to the Locarno before 9pm. You could watch great bands such as Smokey and Pilot. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
8. The Vestry
The Fawcett Street pub was offering a free meal to anyone who bought drinks before midnight in May 1975. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo