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4 Oct 21, 08:42 AM |
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Reminders of 'old' money - for fun
Those of us 'over a certain age' I guess have mostly got used to 'new' money now but every now and again I get reminded of the cost of stuff these days
I rarely buy chocolate bars so I guess that's why I was going to buy one yesterday and didn't because my brain told me "FIFTEEN BOB for a MARS BAR!" Anything that reminds you of the days of shillings and pennies? |
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4 Oct 21, 08:45 AM |
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4 Oct 21, 08:51 AM |
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I'm 75 so I've lived for 50 years since D-Day in 1971 but only 25 years with old money so I should have got used to it by now.
However - seventeen bob for a first class stamp. That can't be right. Mick
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4 Oct 21, 08:57 AM |
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I remember being thrilled if my Birthday card had a Ten Bob note in it….
Imagine the reaction today if 50p fell out 😂😂 Disney332
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4 Oct 21, 08:59 AM |
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D332
I also remember those days. Cards were usually double folded so you had to open them up to check the contents. Mick
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4 Oct 21, 09:02 AM |
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My pocket money changed from 1/8 to 8 and a half pence on D day. It was calculated at 8d for to spend on sweets as that was the price of a Mars bar or similar and a shilling to put in my piggy bank
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4 Oct 21, 09:03 AM |
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I left school in 1962 and school dinners were a shilling a day - 12 old pence (5p for you youngsters )
There was a shop just outside the school gates that sold steak & kidney pies for ten pence and individual Embassy cigs for tuppence. A good balanced lunch for a 16 year old. Mick
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4 Oct 21, 09:05 AM |
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Remember these Mick? To have one was better than winning the lottery….
Is that 1p or 1.5p? (Something you would not bend over to pick up) 😂 Disney332
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4 Oct 21, 09:08 AM |
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When I started driving petrol was 4/11d a gallon.
(It was actually 4/11d halfpenny but I can type that properly!) A Cortina took 10 gallons to fill up so total cost £2.10s or £2.50p for the younger Dibbers. My Car took £78 to fill up last week and it wasn't even empty.
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4 Oct 21, 09:11 AM |
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My Nan had a meter in her house for electricity which ran on single shillings -5p- today. God help us if she was cooking and it ran out and nobody had a single shilling. No such thing as credit then.
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