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Being able to do that certainly hasn't helped me in any way!

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Probably because he was bald - Cockney rhyming slang. Thrupnee bits -!!!!

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...

I can't spell duohgnuts!

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As an aside to my previous post on this thread, where I worked, the prices in 1972 were as follows, and they were more expensive than shops or cafes away from the seafront; Cup of tea - 4p (10d) Cup of coffee - 6p (1s 2d) Small ice cream - 6p Large ice cream - 10p (2s) Fish and chips - 26p (5s...

Just after decimalization came in, I got a part-time job (I was still at school), selling food in an outlet by the Palace Pier. After telling customers how much their purchases were, every one of them asked, "How much is that in old money?" I got very good with the new money in no time!