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Old 13th March 2008, 00:37   #96071
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When you could have 5 pints, fish 'n chips, your bus fair home and still have change out of half a crown (whatever one of those is)?
two and sixpence. that's um! 12.5 new pence
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Old 13th March 2008, 00:38   #96072
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two and sixpence. that's um! 12.5 new pence
A little before my time
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A little before my time
A bottle of coca cola was sixpence (2.5p) just before we went metric

A bag of fish & chips was a shilling (10p)
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A bottle of coca cola was sixpence (2.5p) just before we went metric

A bag of fish & chips was a shilling (10p)
What year was that?
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What year was that?
70 or 71 I think
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70 or 71 I think
Ah, well that explains why I don't remember then
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Old 13th March 2008, 01:04   #96077
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Ah, well that explains why I don't remember then
That's ok sonny
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I'm in my 50's now. god I feel old
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Well you are mate - my folks are still in their 50s, albeit just
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