Public information film, decimalisation [Vid]
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Public information film, decimalisation [Vid]
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:30 amRe: Public information film, decimalisation [Vid]
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:11 pmI used to antagonise my housekeeper by quoting the price of everything she bought in shillings and pence. She complained: "If you thought like that all the time you'd never buy anything". That was entirely the point I was trying to make! 
Re: Public information film, decimalisation [Vid]
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:16 pmI actually still do exactly that!
"12 bob for that? Downright robbery!" - Drives my missus up the wall.
Of course, as kids we felt the change very heavily on the penny-a-go amusement arcades. One minute we got 240 goes for £1, the next we were down to 100. - We woz robbed.
"12 bob for that? Downright robbery!" - Drives my missus up the wall.
Of course, as kids we felt the change very heavily on the penny-a-go amusement arcades. One minute we got 240 goes for £1, the next we were down to 100. - We woz robbed.