D Day 1971

[faraway saint 32,176]

50 years ago today was the day "new money" was introduced.

Decimalisation happened, making life much easier, seemingly.

Seen an article on the BBC news that care homes have been sent "old money" to help the residents reminisce abut the good old days. 

[Bud the Baker 9,007]

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[oaksoft 14,035]

3 hours ago, faraway saint said:

50 years ago today was the day "new money" was introduced.

Decimalisation happened, making life much easier, seemingly.

Seen an article on the BBC news that care homes have been sent "old money" to help the residents reminisce abut the good old days. 

Lots of people struggled to cope with the new system from what I remember.

I can't understand why though as having everything in 10s is easier to work with.

I suspect it was just the fact that it was a change which was forced on people which caused the resistance more than the difficulty of the new system but if anyone is old enough to remember it would be interesting to hear your view.

[Tommy 3,807]

I was 15 at the time and the only thing i can remember on that day was paying for stuff with the old coins and getting your change back in Decimal coins.

Goods were price in LSD and Decimal with prices rounded up if needed. 

Can't remember how long the old coins were legal tender for after D day.

[ALBIONSAINT 1,852]

It totally changed the meaning of getting your thrupenny bits out ! 

[guinness 722]

The Friarshall tried to up the price of a pint from 2/6 to 26p. Think they got away with it for a few hours.

[Eric Arthur Blair 6,747]

School dinners went from 1/6 to 9p, blatant ripoffery.

[Tommy 3,807]

7 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said:

School dinners went from 1/6 to 9p, blatant ripoffery.

1/6 would have been 7.5p so a 20% increase i think 

[Tommy 3,807]

41 minutes ago, guinness said:

The Friarshall tried to up the price of a pint from 2/6 to 26p. Think they got away with it for a few hours.

That's about double the price  

[Eric Arthur Blair 6,747]

That's about double the price  

Its more than double. 2/6 was half a crown, equivalent to 12.5p

[faraway saint 32,176]

2 hours ago, guinness said:

The Friarshall tried to up the price of a pint from 2/6 to 26p. Think they got away with it for a few hours.

As expensive as that?

I was sure when I started drinking, about 1976 pints were only about 24p, could get 4 pints for a quid? 

Maybe I'm making it up. 

PS Apologies, think I see the issue, I'm an eejit. 

Edited February 15 by faraway saint

[Slarti 1,025]

I was 15 at the time and the only thing i can remember on that day was paying for stuff with the old coins and getting your change back in Decimal coins.
Goods were price in LSD and Decimal with prices rounded up if needed. 
Can't remember how long the old coins were legal tender for after D day.

Was 71 not when old money was totally ditched? There were definitely decimal coins about that were minted in 1968.

[jaybee 1,737]

7 hours ago, oaksoft said:

Lots of people struggled to cope with the new system from what I remember.

I can't understand why though as having everything in 10s is easier to work with.

I suspect it was just the fact that it was a change which was forced on people which caused the resistance more than the difficulty of the new system but if anyone is old enough to remember it would be interesting to hear your view.

The problem is with inflation, it's probably £16  19/ 11d 3/4. .(sixteen pound nineteen shillings and 11 pence three farthings), for your thoughts nowadays

[guinness 722]

29 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

As expensive as that?

I was sure when I started drinking, about 1976 pints were only about 24p, could get 4 pints for a quid? 

Maybe I'm making it up. 

PS Apologies, think I see the issue, I'm an eejit. 

Exactly it should have been about 11p. 2/6 was actually dear at the time. court Bar was about 1/10

[Scott-Leeds 367]

I was 15 at the time and the only thing i can remember on that day was paying for stuff with the old coins and getting your change back in Decimal coins.
Goods were price in LSD and Decimal with prices rounded up if needed. 
Can't remember how long the old coins were legal tender for after D day.

Good to know the LSD , Love Street Division were active back then

Old money was still around a few years after that, I remember spending sixpence as a kid in the 70s , I think sixpence was last coin to go ? With Thruppence just before it ?

[Bud the Baker 9,007]

..and for all you pop pickers this was the number 1 single on D Day!

 

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - YouTube

 

[FTOF 11,593]

2 hours ago, Scott-Leeds said:

Good to know the LSD , Love Street Division were active back then

Old money was still around a few years after that, I remember spending sixpence as a kid in the 70s , I think sixpence was last coin to go ? With Thruppence just before it ?

The shilling (5p) and two shilling (10p) coins were still around for a while too.

Pre-decimal coins – What do you know about farthings, florins and groats? (familymoney.co.uk)

Sixpence lasted until 1980

The Shilling to 1990 and the two shilling to 1992 or 1993, depending where you look.

Edited February 15 by FTOF

[Slarti 1,025]

The shilling (5p) and two shilling (10p) coins were still around for a while too.

Until the new smaller 5 and 10p coins came out. 30th June 1993 was the last day to spend a 2 bob bit, so I've just read.

[hamlet 85]

21 hours ago, guinness said:

The Friarshall tried to up the price of a pint from 2/6 to 26p. Think they got away with it for a few hours.

One of the "in" places on a Sunday. Always heaving. 

[HSS 12,231]

3 minutes ago, hamlet said:

One of the "in" places on a Sunday. Always heaving. 

Back in the day when pubs shut between 2:30 and 6:30pm on a Sunday.

[Tommy 3,807]

10 minutes ago, HSS said:

Back in the day when pubs shut between 2:30 and 6:30pm on a Sunday.

You not remember when pubs were shut all day on a Sunday  

[HSS 12,231]

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

You not remember when pubs were shut all day on a Sunday  

No mate,before my time.

When they closed on a Sun we would either stay where we were(Jack Daniels) for a stay back,go to the snooker club in Forbes Place or,if we were feeling brave,up to the Todholm Inn.

[Tommy 3,807]

1 hour ago, HSS said:

No mate,before my time.

When they closed on a Sun we would either stay where we were(Jack Daniels) for a stay back,go to the snooker club in Forbes Place or,if we were feeling brave,up to the Todholm Inn.

Friarshall or the Brown and Polson club for me on a Sunday, till the country decided to come out of the dark ages and allow the bars to open. 

[FTOF 11,593]

2 hours ago, HSS said:

Back in the day when pubs shut between 2:30 and 6:30pm on a Sunday.

The Glynhill was a place we used to go to on a Sunday afternoon.

[stlucifer 6,727]

20 hours ago, Bud the Baker said:

..and for all you pop pickers this was the number 1 single on D Day!

 

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - YouTube

 

From the triple album, All things must pass. I still have this.