bignoel Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 anyone remember useing these notes i forgot i had them tucked away tight *** i should of spent them lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Before my time although I do remember 1/2 pence coins - great to hand down to the grandkids though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Hmm, unfortunately yes Noel! Lets go for it..... 8 fruit salads for a penny, or dare I say the same amount of blackjacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyr8 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 thanks for reminding me how old i am.i,ll give you arf a crown for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I do remember 1/2 pence coins Me too. Monster Munch were 8 1/2p a pack at the corner shop near my school ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Did you find those in Chard's wallet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I can remember these, I was 6 years old, living out in Cyprus, and was given one as a birthday present, and can vividly going to the shops on the base and choosing my own pressie, this was my 1st memory of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 What the **** is a shilling..?! I aint that old! I remember £1 notes and 1/2p coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Did you find those in Chard's wallet? I've only got 10 Groat notes in my wallet, no modern stuff I remember those brown 10 bob notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 (edited) When I were a lad..... late 60's the old man kept a pony a mile or two away in a field. He used to walk it back to the house on a friday evening, ride it over the weekend and take it back to the field on sunday. I used to go up to the field with him to get "buttons" and there was always this kid, urchin like sitting on the fence. " half a crown to look after your 'orse for the week guv?" I asked the old man what it was for as I didn't see anything had been done. "exactly" he said. When I was a few years older I understood what he meant. This lad and the rest of his very kind family, who incidently ran a rural business from the caravans they lived in selling hand made clothes pegs, would have made sure something DID happen to the pony if the money wasn't paid. You have to admire the never ending ways they can diverse to get lots of money without working :lol: What would that amount be worth today? Edited June 28, 2010 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bangs Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I remember them, I used to love getting my thruppeny bit for pocket money on a Saturday morning too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 (edited) I remember selling petrol at the local garage for 2 shillings and one (old) penny a gallon in about 1970, as a 15-year old kid (for the kids on here now, that's about 10 and a 1/4 pence a gallon, for premium economy petrol) _I wish it was that price now Edited June 28, 2010 by Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yes sound as a ten bob note , as a juvenile pint swiller one of these bought nine pints of very ordinary , "light" beer, known south of the Border as mild. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutey Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yeah I remember them all right. For 2 x 10 shilling notes (for those babies among us) was £1, I could get drunk on a Saturday night. A £1 would get me 9 bottles of Guinness at 1 and 9 each and have enough left to get a halfun of whiskey. Hic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieh Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I remember selling petrol at the local garage for 2 shillings and one (old) penny a gallon in about 1970, as a 15-year old kid (for the kids on here now, that's about 10 and a 1/4 pence a gallon, for premium economy petrol) _I wish it was that price now Hi Iam sure it was more than that then because i can remember my old man moaning about the price of petrol reaching 5 bob a gallon he had a ford pop and that must have been about 1964/65 Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 You should frame them mate. stop them getting any more crumpled up. Nice to have things like that My mum's got an old £5 coin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I can remember those "brown uns" only too well (Unfortunately). My first job back in 1967 when I left school was as a poultryman and my wages were 5 pounds 2 shillings and 6 pence for a basic 44 hour week! Out of that I was expected to pay for all of my own clothes and "entertainment" as well as paying in towards the family housekeeping. I used to make ends meet by going shooting with my double barreled 16 bore (An old side by side that was made by Robert S. Garden of London) for rabbits which I could always sell for more than the price of the cartridges and never get enough of them. In winter time the price of the rabbits would go up as I would ferret them out and the butcher would then buy them from me as well as my neighbours! I had to skin and gut them but leave the heads on them to show that they had not caught Mixy for the neighbours but the butcher wanted them gutted but"still in the fur" to hang in his shop window! Times were a lot harder in those days but oh what happy days they were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 my first job when i left school was an apprentice welder and i was paid £4 19s for a 42 hour week , doudle diamond was 1s 7d a pint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 my first job when i left school was an apprentice welder and i was paid £4 19s for a 42 hour week , doudle diamond was 1s 7d a pint Out our way (as I recall) a pint of Scrumpy was about 9 pence a pint and the more bits there were in it the better the pint was! Duncan, I can remember the TV advert for Double Diamond and the "jingle" that went with it - "A double Diamond works wonders so drink one today"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Hi Iam sure it was more than that then because i can remember my old man moaning about the price of petrol reaching 5 bob a gallon he had a ford pop and that must have been about 1964/65 Geordie That's it then - me memory's gone, just lead me away and put me somewhere safe ! B) I won't disagree with you, it's just what I remember, it seemed really cheap even then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Used to be able to fill my first car (Hillman Imp, white with natty blue and red go faster stripes, painted with spray cans) for 10 bob doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I passed my driving test in 1962 and father bought me an Austin A35. A gallon of petrol in the village garage cost 4s 11d and the insurance with the co-op cost me £6 7s. Packet of Durex cost 3s 9d (not that I knew what they were for) and I earned 2 shillings an hour on the farm but for the life of me I can't remember how much cartridges were but I think they were about 2 shillings a bang. We got taken to court for poaching pheasants on the big estate and got fined 10 shillings each and had our shotguns confiscated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 my gran used to give me one of those (2nd one) as pocket money when I went to see her (twice a year) late 50's early 60's M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I passed my driving test in 1962 and father bought me an Austin A35. A gallon of petrol in the village garage cost 4s 11d and the insurance with the co-op cost me £6 7s. Packet of Durex cost 3s 9d (not that I knew what they were for) and I earned 2 shillings an hour on the farm but for the life of me I can't remember how much cartridges were but I think they were about 2 shillings a bang. We got taken to court for poaching pheasants on the big estate and got fined 10 shillings each and had our shotguns confiscated. 3/9 you was ripped off, 2/6 for 3 our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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