Decimalisation!

[Bovril]

Originally Posted by Omega1

Well done - your reward is to put the straws in the milk bottles.😂

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That takes me back I used to be one of the milk monitors at school, it was our job at morning break to take crates of milk around the classrooms

[duchy]

Originally Posted by Rac20

I was born late 70’s so though I missed out on the whole money thing, I understand weight and length in old terms as well as metric. I was taught metric measurements at school but at home when I helped with baking etc. We had one of those old weighting scales with the heavy metal lb/oz weights that balanced.

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For one year at primary my Maths was taught in both LSD and to soon to be new money. Talk about confused! Decimal carry ten but old money carry twelve.

[Feebee2]

I remember being in Woolworths in Keswick on the first day of decimalisation. There were loads of signs hanging up with conversion tables.

[Omega1]

My brother and I convinced our grandma that time was going to be decimalised in 1972. 100 minutes in an hour, 10 hours in a day. She was livid!

[jdouds]

One for you Tom. Made this 75 or 76 for o level metalwork and still use today, in fact it was used all over Christmas when we light our open fire.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by jdouds

One for you Tom. Made this 75 or 76 for o level metalwork and still use today, in fact it was used all over Christmas when we light our open fire.

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I assume it's a poker? Is the handle 'brazed' on? Nice that you still have it.

They decided to give up on me in School (or did I give up on them) so I mainly did Carpentry and Metalwork. Long gone sadly but I made my Dad a wind up frame for a string line he used on his allotment. Plus loads of tat in woodwork such as candle holders, lamp bases etc.

Stood me in good stead for my Trade to come.

[jdouds]

Steel rod , tap and die set, brass ring made and screwed on , likewise with aluminium,brass, aluminium and brass. As good as the day I made it if only an inch shorter.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by jdouds

Steel rod , tap and die set, brass ring made and screwed on , likewise with aluminium,brass, aluminium and brass. As good as the day I made it if only an inch shorter.

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Well done, nice job.