Funny stories no, but memories yes. I used to live near to White Hart Lane and after football matches we'd work through the thousands of discarded cigarette boxes in the hope that we'd find a cigarette or two that we would then try to sell. I only remember being successful once. For the rest of that 1971 football season though, we'd ask the people coming out of games if they had any old pennies they didn't want (and couldn't spend). However for a few months you could actually still spend them in multiples of 6. We'd easily make a good shilling each at the start because nobody begrudged the odd penny that they couldn't spend to little kids.
However, the happy memories of that Spring were soon overshadowed by West Bludy Brom..... Damian On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 1:51 PM James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! via Leedslist < leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Folks, > A lot of ye will remember that day. I don't...just that bit too young! > 240 (20 shillings, each with 12) pence in a pound became only 100. > Any funny stories? > James. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
