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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.

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

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

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...