[Politics] It was 50 years ago today................

[Bakero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7cJ7s5DNo

 

[Eeyore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7cJ7s5DNo

The original Brexiteers !

I never understood the old system when it was explained to me. I still work in miles, feet and inches though. That will never changed.

I still try to convert litres to gallons as well. But I've almost given up on that.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Own up though, how many people use dual measurements? You know what I mean, two foot wide by 600mm long?

Combustion engines are always quoted in displacement of cubic centimetres yet [for older engines] the bore and stroke were in inches.
E.g. the famous Rolls Royce Merlin was 5.4" x 6" [B&S] giving 27 litres aka 27,000 cc

As an aside, the Merlin was a v12, weighed 600kg and churned out just over 1,000 horsepower - today's modern F1 cars, on 1500 cc are similar in weight and power [but as v6] to the Merlin

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Bob a job.

12p a job just does not work.

"AKELA, WE WILL DO OUR BEST!"

Kids don't understand everyday morals nowadays.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

The UK went decimal. (Apologies to younger readers.)

Any memories? Does anyone still use pre-decimal terms - e.g. 'a few bob'?

I must confess, I'm still a very keen admirer of thrupenny bits

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

The geography teacher at Longhill was called Bob Tanner and in 1971 was renamed as "Seven and a half new pence"

 

[MTSeagulls]

I must confess, I'm still a very keen admirer of thrupenny bits

Surely we're all admirers of the nine bob note?

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Surely we're all admirers of the nine bob note?

My only recollection of a "nine bob note" was in the saying: "as bent as a ...."

Being a reference to a homosexual as they were both illegal back then.

 

[Official Old Man]

I still say "a couple of bob". I was at secondary school and remember it well. Certainly prices increased overnight on small penny sweets.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Bob a job.

12p a job just does not work.

"AKELA, WE WILL DO OUR BEST!"

Kids don't understand everyday morals nowadays.

A 'bob', was 5p. Two bob is an out of favour Albion striker

 

[Bodian]

It's probably why kids can't count past ten. A base 12 system makes sense to us, the older generation....in fact, no it doesn't, base 10 is easier.....but we weren't allowed to use calculators when I went to school. Feet and inches over centimetres and metres any day of the week.
Own up though, how many people use dual measurements? You know what I mean, two foot wide by 600mm long?

Yes - if you go into our local timber yard, you buy two metres of two-by-two.

Indeed, I have just had a quick look online, and it's the same there in many places - advertised as 2"x2" and you buy it by the metre.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

I can remember some weird stuff from up to 60 years' ago. I can recite the register of pupils from my first year at secondary school, and when I came across a photo of my junior class when I was 10, I could name every one.

Back to the prices, I was paid 15p and hour (3 shillings). My first pay packet contained £ 1.20. I thought I'd won the pools!

My goodness: you are th Memory Man of NSC! One of my mates could remember and recite at will (and frequently did) the first Albion line up he saw in 1953 and likewise the first Sussex CCC team.

You were indeed loaded - I got 12s 6d per week for my paper round. No wonder I went on to become an active trade unionist!

 

[Deleted member 2719]

A 'bob', was 5p. Two bob is an out of favour Albion striker

Yes I know thanks, I was

 

[Seagull58]

I remember loads of people complaining about how difficult it would be, using a scale in tens and hundreds instead of 3 p a thruppeny bit, 6 p a tanner, 12 p a shilling, 2 bob a florin, 2 and 6 half a crown, and 144 pennies, or 20 shillings in a pound. People campaigned on the 'it will be so confusing' ticket. Bless.

144 pennies in a pound? You got short changed big time.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Yes I know thanks, I was

Dammit, I thought those worms tasted funny

 

[Trufflehound]

I’ve only even known decimal, but I’d like it if we went back to shillings and Guineas. It sounds more fun.

At the time, Max Bygraves introduced this handy rap song to tell people all about new pence.

Always thought from memories of being a kid that I preferred the Scaffold's TV information film jingle. But having just listened to it for the first time in half a century I now realise it was a little bit shit...

[yt]G76Zp0mxIGo[/yt]

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Apologies for the disappointmen!. But how much was it to get into the Goldstone in old money? (Nice football related one for yo to chew on. Any ticket stubs in the loft?)

69-70 season ticket

Grandstand £10 10s
South Stand £5 5s

I think potg was 3 shillings

Juniors & Pensioners 2/6

A programme would have set you back 1/-

The last home game in old money was Shrewsbury

The first home game in new money was Preston (programme 5p)

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

144 pennies in a pound? You got short changed big time.

Exactly.

The don't call 'so twelve bob' for nothing

 

[RossyG]

69-70 season ticket

Grandstand £10 10s

About £170 according to the inflation calculator.

 

[Norman Potting]

69-70 season ticket

Grandstand £10 10s
South Stand £5 5s

I think potg was 3 shillings

Juniors & Pensioners 2/6

A programme would have set you back 1/-

The last home game in old money was Shrewsbury

The first home game in new money was Preston (programme 5p)

Magnificently trivial