Quote: billwill @ 8th October 2023, 12:49 AMOn the other hand, I seem to recall that it was quite common to mention that a pound was 240 pence.
Quite common? Not in my recollection - it was a pound or a quid
1990...........anyone buy one of these? Got to be a bargain with a FREE Golden Hits cassette, if you can make it back to the showroom after your test drive!
Quote: billwill @ 8th October 2023, 12:49 AMOn the other hand, I seem to recall that it was quite common to mention that a pound was 240 pence.
Only when learning by rote at school - 12 pennies in a shilling, 240 pennies or 20 shillings in a pound etc. I now reel at 15 bob for a supermarket brand loaf 
I once spent an hour teaching my 28 year old daughter-in-law £sd addition and subtraction. She now thinks all old people are geniuses.
Anyway, I'm off to 240 Penceland for a pack of envelopes 
Quote: fasty @ 8th October 2023, 1:06 PMAnyway, I'm off to 240 Penceland for a pack of envelopes
A few years ago, before I needed prescription glasses, I went into CCXL Penceland to buy a pair of reading glasses, and they had a full rotating stand of surprisingly smart glasses, impressed, I turned to an assistant who was standing close by and asked him how much the glasses were........................
He looked at me like I was a complete idiot and said "A pound"
Ooh, I felt such a fool, but they looked too good to be just 240 pence
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th October 2023, 9:15 AMQuite common? Not in my recollection - it was a pound or a quid
I meant, when explaining what a pound/quid was worth.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th October 2023, 3:10 PMA few years ago, before I needed prescription glasses, I went into CCXL Penceland to buy a pair of reading glasses, and they had a full rotating stand of surprisingly smart glasses, impressed, I turned to an assistant who was standing close by and asked him how much the glasses were........................
He looked at me like I was a complete idiot and said "A pound"
Ooh, I felt such a fool, but they looked too good to be just 240 pence
Funnily enough, Poundland have since changed their pricing structure and aren't technically a pound shop anymore, despite cheekily keeping the name. Some of their items are still £1, but a great deal will be £1.25, or can even be up to £10 or so! So asking the bloke "how much is this" would be a fair enough question nowadays...
Quote: billwill @ 8th October 2023, 4:36 PMI meant, when explaining what a pound/quid was worth.
Ah yes, but your post gave the impression it was commonly spoken of as 240 pence - at least that's the way I read it.
.............."quite common to mention that a pound was 240 pence"
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Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 10th October 2023, 9:32 AM1950.......................
Couldn't you have waited about 6 weeks?
Quote: Chappers @ 10th October 2023, 2:13 PMCouldn't you have waited about 6 weeks?
I have a load of Christmas adverts I have been saving, and as it happens this one came out at the beginning of December, giving people notice that Heinz was on the way back into the shops (after the war/rationing - note the year) in time for Christmas - it's not a Christmas ad per se.
You don't realise the planning that goes into this thread 😁 Up until gone, ooh 8 o'clock in the evening I am sifting through them all
1924 RADIO TIMES....................
1959...............and somewhere I still have the tools etc. my father made for me to get into serious modelling of Plasticine
I didn't realise Plasticine was originally marketed for more realistic looking modelling. None of that 'Morph' shit
Yes, and you used to be able to buy it in big slabs for more serious modelling. My parents could see my interest and bought me one of these in grey, which I unsuccessfully tried to make a ship out of. My father then made me a (about 6" high) a copper wired frame in the shape of a head, mounted on wood and a set of the modelling tools, but I could never master it.
As I say, I'll have to dig them out and have another go in my retirement.
Loved the smell of Plasticine too.
EDIT: And here is the booklet, that I also have (somewhere!), which someone is trying to sell for £25 on Ebay!!
You can see on the front cover the modelling stand and some of the tools.
That's interesting Herc. I will add that plasticine is a revered piece of kit by toy historians, possibly responsible for helping create architects, designers, engineers and artists. As a past and hopefully future model maker I too hope to get my hands on some again, although will be just used for very basic landscape padding before being covered in scale grass matting.