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Posted by Ewan on April 20, 2009 - 11:54
from the ABC set

A penny for my thoughts,
though they're a tuppenny
-ha'penny business.
Two farthings might buy
a small goat;
in my dreams! I'd be
chuffed to thru'p'nies
if it really did.
A tanner poke'll cost
more than a bob, now.
The pink of a ten-shilling
note in a birthday card
is a distant, if thrilling,
memory.

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Comments

FTSE100 | April 21, 2009 - 10:14

Those were the days! I earned two pounds from my paper round and turned it all into pennies, four hundred and eighty of them, so I'd feel rich. Why were pennies so much more impressive than sixpences? Half-crowns were a goodly size, but you didn't get nearly as many of them for your money.

chuck | April 21, 2009 - 12:35

And what about those old fivers? Anyone remember them? They were big and looked like legal documents.

FTSE100 | April 21, 2009 - 15:16

A fiver? I was obviously doing the wrong paper round! No point having a fiver because nobody had enough money to give you change.

An 'ouse? We used ter dream o' livin' in an 'ouse! And you tell the young people of today that...

Ewan | April 22, 2009 - 06:55

And yow wor loocky!

threeleafshamrock | April 22, 2009 - 10:17

Ah! the ol' Ten Bob Note; back when money was somefing you could buy somefing wiv...and get some change too. Wish I had some thru'p'nie bits now; must be worth a fortune.
Nice one Ewen, brought back some dormant memories ;)

Chris