This advert used to scare the life out of me (I think I might have posted this before)
Vintage adverts Page 70
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 30th September 2023, 3:47 PMYes, agree with fasty - you've lost me there. 1/2d = One shilling and 2 pence. c. 7p in decimal money. Where do you see 14 pence?
And the quarter pound box is 7d (seven pence) c. 3p in decimal
It clearly says it if you read the advert.
"Only 14 pence for a half pound box."
Must admit I was paying more attention to the banner than the text.
But nobody said 14 pence until the metrics came along, it was one and tuppence.
Quote: Chappers @ 2nd October 2023, 5:16 PMIt clearly says it if you read the advert.
"Only 14 pence for a half pound box."
Ah yes, I see what you mean now, and like fasty I didn't read the text either, and yes you are right, that is very odd. I don't remember anyone ever saying that, and again, as fasty says, it wasn't until decimalisation that coinage was referred to in that way.
I withdraw my thinking you were losing the plot 😁
1919...................
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 3rd October 2023, 9:26 AM1919...................
I could do with both of those.
Quote: Chappers @ 3rd October 2023, 3:43 PMI could do with both of those.
😊
1959........whatever happened to the wonder spray Zonk?
Quote: Chappers @ 2nd October 2023, 5:16 PMIt clearly says it if you read the advert.
"Only 14 pence for a half pound box."
Yeh, that's right: There's 12 old pence in a shilling, so one shilling plus 2 pence is 14 pence.
1939..........Umm scrummy, can I have some more Mum?
I'm on my hols in the Lake District at the moment and went to Grasmere, famous for its gingerbread shop, yesterday and there is a delicious pervading aroma of ginger in the air in the vicinity.
1963.......................
1904.....................Not sure if it is for putting around your neck, or shoving it up your.........
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 6th October 2023, 9:11 AM1963.......................
I had the Halifax.
If I remember right it was 5/6d
Five and Six
Not 66 pence 
Quote: fasty @ 7th October 2023, 8:27 PMI had the Halifax.
If I remember right it was 5/6d
27½p, which seems ridiculous now
Quote: fasty @ 7th October 2023, 8:27 PMI had the Halifax.
If I remember right it was 5/6d
Five and Six
Not 66 pence
On the other hand, I seem to recall that it was quite common to mention that a pound was 240 pence.
Anyway, that was an ADVERT making a point, which might well have been obscure.