utterly random picture thread.
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When everyday is ThrushdayTrinity765 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:38 am Facebook advertising is trying to sell me these and it's another nail in the coffin for deleting my account. I wear clothes for a reason and the reason is the bit that is missing from these.
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I was 10 then
21p for a pint of mild when i was 15
Ignorance is bliss
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Those folks didn't quite get that Decimilisation did they. Half Penny ffs.
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There were half pennies after decimalisation.
Bte...when i started drinking those prices would have nern anout right with a "d" after them.
Bte...when i started drinking those prices would have nern anout right with a "d" after them.
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I remember buying half penny sweats in the shops in the mid 80's, when they did away with the half penny the shop keeper started sellotaping two mojo's together and selling them for a penny.
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2 blackjacks for a farthing, those were the days
Ignorance is bliss
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This is the current weather pic showing the calima coming from Africa..
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I seem to remember sixpences were kicking around a bit as legal tender for a while after decimalisation as well. I think they were worth 2.5p and you could buy 5 blackjacks with them.
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The 5p and the 10p coins were made the same size as the shilling and two shilling coins they replaced. The old coins were used alongside the new and gradually withdrawn from circulation. I seem to remember that the half crown (2/6 or 12.5p) coin was also retained for a while.
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I remember when you could buy a ha'peth of gruel for a farthing.
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
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That price list takes me back to the day when you stopped being able to get 10 pints for £1. Flotterstone Inn, outside Edinburgh, cheapest beer for miles. I must be grown up.
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Took this yesterday..Shows
how our island emerged.
First the molten lava solidifying in the sea. Then the sand covering it. And this year the grass covering that..
how our island emerged.
First the molten lava solidifying in the sea. Then the sand covering it. And this year the grass covering that..
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Our mates who live in PB sent us a satellite shot of the island in Oct 20 (brown, volcanic!) and in Feb 21 (green!) to show the difference this winter has made. They also sent us the satellite shot of the calima earlier in the week. Seems half the Sahara landed on you all.
Oh to have travel open up again!!