tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6267573234163898859..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The Good Old-Bad Old Days - 1971 UK Postal StrikeBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42623407739362616772013-09-15T10:34:18.444+01:002013-09-15T10:34:18.444+01:00Perhaps, DM, you could also explain cricket to our...Perhaps, DM, you could also explain cricket to our American friend!David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-18214107000493840582013-09-14T22:03:44.103+01:002013-09-14T22:03:44.103+01:00@B: our parents called it half a crown. Urchins c...@B: our parents called it half a crown. Urchins called it a half dollar.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16663935776615628522013-09-14T20:07:14.369+01:002013-09-14T20:07:14.369+01:00 @d - What you call half a dollar, I call half-a-c... @d - What you call half a dollar, I call half-a-crown (two and sixpence). <br /><br />It was actually a very important coin - being the standard gift surreptitiously pressed into your palm, your fingers folded over, and the resulting fist crushed onto the coin - by a kindly departing uncle. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-23288203023039459442013-09-14T17:57:36.562+01:002013-09-14T17:57:36.562+01:00@Samson: couldn't be easier or more natural. ...@Samson: couldn't be easier or more natural. <br /><br />A ha'penny = 2 farthings.<br />A penny = two ha'pennies. A thrupenny = 3 pence. A tanner = two thrupennies. A bob = two tanners. A florin = two bob. A half-dollar equals a florin + a tanner. Ten bob = 4 half-dollars. A quid = two ten bobs. A guinea = a quid + a bob.<br /><br />Piece of the proverbial.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70007408719405769902013-09-14T16:34:51.562+01:002013-09-14T16:34:51.562+01:00I only regret that Farthings (quarter pennies) wer...I only regret that Farthings (quarter pennies) were phased out before I was born...<br /><br />This (a replica from Beamish Museum, a few miles from me) is what all school exercise books had on the back when I was a kid:<br /><br />http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/documents.htm#beamishBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-5029708312014390292013-09-14T15:10:17.368+01:002013-09-14T15:10:17.368+01:00same time as the currency was decimalized
I have ...<i>same time as the currency was decimalized</i><br /><br />I have to tell you, as much of an Anglophile as I am, I have never - never! - managed to understand the old British currency system, as you always hear them talking about it on Monty Python or wherever. "Two quid and a shilling, guv'ner!" <i>Wot?</i> What is this crazy system, anyway?Samson J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-57722212164579989432013-09-14T14:17:15.638+01:002013-09-14T14:17:15.638+01:00@d - I think I posted on this topic a few years ag...@d - I think I posted on this topic a few years ago - I once (late 1960s) left my bike unlocked outside the newsagents, forgot about it, shop and came back a couple of days later and it was still there.<br /><br />Similarly I left my bike in the recreation park for a couple of days and nights and came back to find some kids riding around on it - I thought they were naughty for not just leaving it. <br /><br />We did not lock the back door overnight or when we went out - unless we were going on holiday for a week or two. <br /><br />etc. <br /><br />So, yes, I agree with your point!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87751355324468007992013-09-14T12:18:22.773+01:002013-09-14T12:18:22.773+01:00Whenever I read some idiot complaining that Thatch...Whenever I read some idiot complaining that Thatcher introduced greed into British society, I think of the seventies - Union greed was in charge. More recently I have reflected that when I first cycled in the early sixties I never locked my bike. When I returned to cycling, in the mid seventies, everyone had to lock his bike. Peace and Love, eh?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70148208473573867692013-09-14T11:59:07.324+01:002013-09-14T11:59:07.324+01:00A timely reminder that we have much to thank "...A timely reminder that we have much to thank "that woman" for!<br /><br />Also, perhaps your final paragraph was a tad too gloomy. Maybe I am mistaken, I frequently am, but I sense a very lively community spirit abroad these days. I don't get involved myself, I can't stand it, but others seem to.David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com