The FOC thread.

Lavinda Past said:
If you had a quid in your pocket, you were very popular at the pub. You could get a suit for 50/- (£2,50) at Burtons (even without having to show your arse in the window).
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The lowest denomination you could split a penny was into half a farthing which was an 8th of a penny, if we times that by 240 the amount of pennies in a pound we get 1920 half farthings.

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Whilst admittedly they weren't used a lot on the British mainland they were still minted and part of our set of currency. Less of the waffle though and here is a picture of this FOC's half farthing :)

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Big Swifty said:
Why can't you get calves foot jelly these days?
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With some school mates on the bus home and sharing a Woodbine.
Conductor picked on me "Can't you read the sign boy? No smoking allowed".
Me "But I'm not smoking allowed, I'm smoking quietly".
Slap across the back of my head, but in doing so, some coins fell out of his money pouch. I managed to put my foot on a threepenny bit, enough for another ciggy.
 
city2 said:
Who had old neighbours when you was just a kid and they use to ask you to go to the local shops for them and they always treated with spare change, no chance of kids doing that today.
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Running errands mate, and everyone was your auntie or uncle :)
 
city2 said:
Who had old neighbours when you was just a kid and they use to ask you to go to the local shops for them and they always treated with spare change, no chance of kids doing that today.
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Margaret across the road from us. I don’t think she ever ventured beyond her front gate. She just used to send me to the shops for her.
 
mexico1970 said:
Running errands mate, and everyone was your auntie or uncle :)
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I was just going to type this!!

At my mum's funeral, we spotted two ladies walking away, quietly. I chased after them and as I thanked them for coming, they turned and I was gobsmacked to see that they were the next-door neighbours I grew up with. In those days, it seemed like nobody ever moved (just like you remember players from the 60s and 70s only ever playing for one team).

Angela, who is a year or two younger than I am, and her mum. I threw my arms around 'Auntie' Edna and she laughed when I called her that.

Angela was starting to explain "we used to live next door to you..." which was a bit surreal - as if I could ever forget either of them. Still one of the strongest memories from that day.

Sorry - a bit self-indulgent, but that's the effect of some of the posts on this thread...
 
noseve said:
I was just going to type this!!

At my mum's funeral, we spotted two ladies walking away, quietly. I chased after them and as I thanked them for coming, they turned and I was gobsmacked to see that they were the next-door neighbours I grew up with. In those days, it seemed like nobody ever moved (just like you remember players from the 60s and 70s only ever playing for one team).

Angela, who is a year or two younger than I am, and her mum. I threw my arms around 'Auntie' Edna and she laughed when I called her that.

Angela was starting to explain "we used to live next door to you..." which was a bit surreal - as if I could ever forget either of them. Still one of the strongest memories from that day.

Sorry - a bit self-indulgent, but that's the effect of some of the posts on this thread...
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Lovely story mate, brilliant times indeed :)
 
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