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new member Bob Ramsden

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thank you for accepting me

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    Hi Welcome
     

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    Welcome, Bob, you're  in the right place, lots of nice friendly helpful people here

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    Welcome from one Bob to another.

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    1 hour ago, Bobr said:

    Welcome from one Bob to another.

    Two bob is better 😀 just remember the old imperial currency, showing my age now, or two shillings 👍

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    One Bob?  That's 3 groats right? :biggrin: 

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    12 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    One Bob?  That's 3 groats right? :biggrin: 

    I think it’s one shilling,  six pennies in old money👍So I was wrong just googled and it’s twelve pennies ha ha

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    13 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    One Bob?  That's 3 groats right? :biggrin: 

    Spot on Tom = your learning.

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    Welcome bob, you will find this a very helpful and informative forum,

    ive picked up loads of tips and info on here!! enjoy !!!!

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    5 minutes ago, williamweb said:

    I think it’s one shilling,  six pennies in old money👍

    12 pennies in old money

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    4 minutes ago, williamweb said:

    I think it’s one shilling,  six pennies in old money👍

    Tom got it right, one groat was four old pence😃

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    Just now, Bobr said:

    12 pennies in old money

    Yeah just googled it👍

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    1 minute ago, williamweb said:

    I think it’s one shilling,  six pennies in old money👍

    That'd be a sixpence!  You're meant to put those in your Christmas pudding. :biggrin:  Shillings were 12p...I mean 12d... :laugh: 

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    Welcome another Bob - becoming as common as Simon😁

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    16 hours ago, bob ramsden said:

    thank you for accepting me

    Welcome Bob. I bet you didn't figure on triggering a discussion on ancient currency!😃

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    1 minute ago, TomsFocus said:

    That'd be a sixpence!  You're meant to put those in your Christmas pudding. :biggrin:  Shillings were 12p...I mean 12d... :laugh: 

    Silver threepenny bits went into Christmas puddings.

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    1 minute ago, Bobr said:

    Silver threepenny bits went into Christmas puddings.

    Hmm, my Nan was still putting a silver sixpence in hers when I was younger, she even kept one specially!  

    I wonder if it's a regional thing?  Thrupenny bits were something completely different in her household, being an Eastend cockney... :laugh: 

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    4 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

    Welcome Bob. I bet you didn't figure on triggering a discussion on ancient currency!😃

    Sorry I take full responsibility 😳

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    1 minute ago, williamweb said:

    Sorry I take full responsibility 😳

    Haha, it wasn't your fault...  As soon as I saw Bob post 'one Bob' I was going to make the Groat quip after last weeks discussion! :biggrin: 

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    To make matters worse, I think four pence was the value of a groat in England, Wales and Ireland. I believe that was also originally the case in Scotland, but later they were issued in a variety of higher values.

    8 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    Hmm, my Nan was still putting a silver sixpence in hers when I was younger, she even kept one specially!  

    I wonder if it's a regional thing.

    Definitely a sixpence in the pud when I was growing up. To bring in yet another old coin, I remember clearing my Gran's house after she passed away in 1972 and finding jars full of farthings (which I think ceased to be legal tender on 1 January 1961). 

     

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    16 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    Hmm, my Nan was still putting a silver sixpence in hers when I was younger, she even kept one specially!  

    I wonder if it's a regional thing?  Thrupenny bits were something completely different in her household, being an Eastend cockney... :laugh: 

    We always used silver Thrupenny bits and I'm an east end cockney from Bethnal Green.

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    5 minutes ago, Bobr said:

    We always used silver Thrupenny bits and I'm an east end cockney from Bethnal Green.

    Small world!  Nan was from Custom House.  I wonder why there was difference...

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    21 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

    Definitely a sixpence in the pud when I was growing up. To bring in yet another old coin, I remember clearing my Gran's house after she passed away in 1972 and finding jars full of farthings (which I think ceased to be legal tender on 1 January 1961). 

    Well I'm intrigued now, what did you do with them? :biggrin: 

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    11 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

    Small world!  Nan was from Custom House.  I wonder why there was difference...

    I didn't know Custom House as the borough of Newham was formed after I left London.   I left in 1954 to join the forces.

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