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15 Jan 21, 10:39 AM |
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My dad always used to go on about 'thrupenny bits' but I think it was more cockney rhyming slang
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15 Jan 21, 10:40 AM |
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I was a Saturday girl in Marks & Spencer’s at the time and remember working late to change price tags etc.
Tom’s mention of pints, inches, poles & perches reminds me of those exercise books from Woolworths with all the measurements printed on the back cover ! |
15 Jan 21, 10:49 AM |
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My mum used thruppeny bits to hold her stockings up in her suspenders ( not the rhyming slang type!)
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15 Jan 21, 10:49 AM |
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15 Jan 21, 10:54 AM |
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22yds = 1 chain
1 chain = a cricket pitch Amazing what sticks in your mind!
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15 Jan 21, 10:55 AM |
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I remember the sixpence was used alongside the 'New Money' until 1980. It was strange that there was that crossover period.
We also used to have a half pence piece until the end of 1984. Everything in the shops was rounded up by 1/2p such as 99 1/2p to make it seem like it was better than a pound. |
15 Jan 21, 10:56 AM |
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I was probably about 10 so mid 1960's and my Mum used to drag me shopping on a Saturday to carry the bags.
I well remember a bakery she used sold tiny bread rolls maybe 2" across so really small for a 1/4d each. Now the Farthing had long gone but they still sold 4 for a 1d. The sign on the counter advertised them as a Farthing though There was method in her madness though. For tea she would give us about 12 of them each with a tiny bit of ham on them. Filled us up on cheap bread and save the meat.
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15 Jan 21, 11:03 AM |
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15 Jan 21, 11:03 AM |
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I remember my nan sending me a 10 shilling note for my birthday, felt like i had won the Pools
Also petrol at 7s 6d going to 37.5p.
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15 Jan 21, 11:08 AM |
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