Decimalisation!

[mick]

Originally Posted by pompeyboy

I was doing my apprenticeship in Pompey Dockyard when they decided to go metric and issue us all with a metric toolkit.

Instead of giving us a 30cm steel rule to replace the 12 inch one they decided a 10 inch one was metric enough

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I'm now very worried that all our naval ships are only about 80% of the size they should be.

Mick

[stecee]

I was in my second year of senior school when the change happened. I remember getting all giddy when I called into the newsagents on my way to school and receiving change in the new currency.
Even now, all these years later, all measurements get converted into yards, feet and inches and weight into stones and pounds.

[Lola]

I was on teaching practice just before the decimalisation day and we had samples of all the coins as teaching aids. It was good to know all about it in advance of the day

[disney332]

Originally Posted by mick

I'm now very worried that all our naval ships are only about 80% of the size they should be.

Mick

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Everything is about 80% of what it used to be 😂

Disney332

[anji]

I remember it clearly. I was working as a student p/t in MacFisheries Supermarket (remember them?) at the time. We had training playing 'shops' in the canteen to get us used to the money.

On the morning of the changeover I remember sitting at my till wearing my 'I'm Trained in Decimal Currency' badge with the MacFisheries fish logo on it and feeling dead proud! Was exciting giving people the change in 'new' money. I still have that badge.

[mick]

Originally Posted by disney332

Everything is about 80% of what it used to be 😂

Disney332

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As much as 80% D332?

[disney332]

Originally Posted by mick

As much as 80% D332?

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In my dreams 😂👍

Disney332

[archibald]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

For the younger Dibb people Jet was a chain of garages.

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And for the older people who clearly either drive around without noticing these garages or pass them and then instantly forget - Jet still is a chain of garages.

There's still a few around here in East Yorkshire.

[disney332]

Originally Posted by archibald

And for the older people who clearly either drive around without noticing these garages or pass them and then instantly forget - Jet still is a chain of garages.

There's still a few around here in East Yorkshire.

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Popular at LGW and LHR I hear too

Disney332

[Twiggy1953]

Originally Posted by Pearldaisy

The date of “D” day (decimalisation) is forever etched in my memory. 15th February 1971. At the time I worked on the Post Office counter and it was pension payment day. Can you imagine trying to explain the new money to all the old dears who thought they were being short changed and weren’t getting their proper payment. One of the worst working days I ever had! OMG Now, of course I am of the old dears myself when it comes to the digital world!

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Me too. Never forget the date. I was a cashier in a bank. We had 3 weeks before D day to practise using the “new” money. We did get a lot of overtime however👍