Old Money - 50th Anniversary Memories

I remember going to work that first morning of the change over and paying 5np instead of 10d and moaning about the price hike.

 

Hence my moan about the price hike.
I think lots of places used it as a chance to get in a price rise.

 

Now all that remains is adopting the metric system for real

 

I do remember seeing price hikes and being cross about that. We had a mortgage that was more than we really could afford and two -two year olds and a three year old, I worked evenings to survive financially and honestly had little think time...Converting was easy as I was good at maths, have always looked after the finances and sure suits me..

 

haha ...make mine a pint

 

Can you imagine the ripoffs we would have gone through if we had changed to the Euro.

 

I remember paying 1/6d for fish n chips pre decimal...that would have converted to seven and half new pence, but no, the prices shot up.
Good old Harold Wilson assured us that decimalisation 'will not affect the pound in your pocket' lol.

 

Hmmm, now we are post Brexit why not bring back the £ S D.... ?

Still miss the Thrupenny Bit, we could get a big bag of chips for one of them, in days gone by !

 

I remember it well. I was 15 and still at school. Now there's always a posh kid in the class and our one was the son of a bank manager, real leather briefcase with gold plated locks. The rest of us had duffle bags. That morning he brought in a wooden box lined with green baize and a full set of
decimal coins inside.

As for turning metric I think we have for certain things; can of drink = 330ml, bag of sugar =1kg,
on the other hand; I'm a 17-1/2 shirt, and 38w x 32leg for a pair of trousers.

The one that makes me laugh is wood, 2"x2" x 6m long.

Paul G

 

BTW. I have a shove 'appenny board in the loft and nothing to play with.

 

Who wants a pint if you can have a "Halbe" (literally half a litre) or even a "Mass" (full litre)

 

and informative