Reminders of 'old' money - for fun

[disney332]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

How mischievous! I would never have done that. Mmm, ok I did.

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I did penny for the guy and with the spoils bought bangers.(Individually)

Very bad

Disney332

[Pumpkin Pie]

Originally Posted by megaflyer

I remember that and my parents “banning’ us for doing it was it was a form of begging. Of course we took no notice (and they knew that but had to say dont do it) as we used clothes from my Mothers rag bag she kept in the old wash house. When we had enough money for sweeties we placed the guy in the ditch by the Great North Road to scare the drivers lol (about as mischief we ever got up to)

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We weren’t allowed either. I was a goody two shoes though and never “begged”.

[Lola]

My boyfriend at the time got in trouble for not sending me a Valentine card so I was probably the only person to get a ‘Happy Decimal Day’ card on the 15 th February

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by Pumpkin Pie

We weren’t allowed either. I was a goody two shoes though and never “begged”.

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Same here. I could write a thread about what we weren't allowed to do in the leafy London suburbs in the late 50/60s.

[munmun]

Yesterday I was testing my grandson age 9 on his tables. We were discussing why we larn up to the 12 times off by heart, the answer of course is based on 12 pence in £, my DIL was shocked by this!

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by munmun

Yesterday I was testing my grandson age 9 on his tables. We were discussing why we larn up to the 12 times off by heart, the answer of course is based on 12 pence in £, my DIL was shocked by this!

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I never realised that. Did you chant?

[Beth_Disney]

I was a child in the 90's and it was trendy to wear a 25 peseta coin on a necklace if you'd been on holiday to Spain.

[mickeyspal]

Decimal is definitely easier, and some shops cant do that without a calculator. Imagine giving change from a £5 note when you'd spent one pound nine and eight pence ' apeney

[disneywiseowl]

The thrupenny bits were very useful for holding your nylons up, when your suspender button broke. 😂

(Only ladies of a certain age will get this) 😂

[Elmhurst 5]

As a teenager my bus fare was 1.1/2 pence each way, a fruit lolly at the corner shop was 1p, and Mum mum gave me 3p every school day, either for my bus fare or if I walked I could buy crisps or sweets with the 3p.

My dad was a bus driver and Mum's housekeeping for a family of 4 was £7 a week.