what ever happened to "penny for the guy?"?

[Jamon Jamon]

just wondered like, it was a nice earner for many a scroat from Birdham Rd about 30 odd years ago

 

[Hiney]

It's easier for the scroats to rob the local OneStop these days

 

[clapham_gull]

I thought this was a thread about ebay...

 

[brakespear]

just wondered like, it was a nice earner for many a scroat from Birdham Rd about 30 odd years ago

it got replaced by 'give us all your money and we won't knife you'

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Is this a thread that isn't going on about who the new manager is?

I'm shocked. It's an outrage I tell you!

 

[brighton_girl87]

It still happens in Portsmouth, saw a couple of kids doing it this weekend

 

[tedebear]

The "guy" is too bloody rich to worry about door knocking anymore...

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'd say a combination of a rise in incomes, the threat of child abuse and endemic youth laziness.

 

[Taybha]

fear not it has just been replaced and will shortly be called penny for the gus

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Inflation is to blame for its decline - I mean, what can you buy for a penny nowadays?

 

[Jamon Jamon]

Inflation is to blame for its decline - I mean, what can you buy for a penny nowadays?

straight from the horses mouth

 

[The Large One]

fear not it has just been replaced and will shortly be called penny for the gus

Isn't that the Guy on the right?

 

[champion7]

just wondered like, it was a nice earner for many a scroat from Birdham Rd about 30 odd years ago

Apparantly there's a recession on.

 

[Two Professors]

fear not it has just been replaced and will shortly be called penny for the gus

Wouldn't give a penny for that-worst 'guy' I've ever seen!Might donate £50 to see it on top of the bonfire

 

[hart's shirt]

I don't doubt that it's still going on in parts of Brighton in spite of the fact that it almost certainly costs more than a penny for a guy these days.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

*donning anorak*

I think it was because the Autumn half-term used to coincide with November 5th. years ago, but is now out of kilter, and in late October

 

[Big Jim]

Is it me, or don't you think Dennis Wise looks a bit like Nookie Bear?