Happy Anniversary Potty

[Jay22]

Happy Anniversary from me too, wishing you both many more years together! Oh and love the story too!

[bearded bloke]

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE

[Lumpy]

1971 Top Of The

TV Shows
Upstairs Downstairs - Columbo - Corrie - The Waltons - Alias Smith and Jones - McMillan & Wife

Music

Dawn - Knock 3 Times
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
T Rex - Hot Love
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
Clive Dunn - Grandad

Cost of Living

Mars Bar 2p First Class Stamp 3p Pint of Milk 5p Pint of Beer 11p Gallon of Petrol 33p

There you go Mr & Mrs Potty how it was when you tied your knot.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Thank you all once again, SWMBO has read through the thread and sends her thanks too. It encouraged her to get the album out so I have had to endure an hour of looking at pics.

Ah yes Lumpy I remember it well, but my favourite memory is even earlier when I paid 1s1d for my first pint in a night club. For those who don't understand pre decimal that's nearly 6p in todays money.

[cariann88]

6p for a pint??????

[Potstubsdustbins]

Yep and cheaper in a pub, if I remember correctly it was 11d in the bar and 12d in the lounge. 12d or a shilling as it was called is 5 new pence.

[Bigmallly]

Would have been only tenpence in't tap room then Potty.............'n tuppence for't crisps.......

[Greenleaves]

Rather belated congratulations from me to you both, we went to Spain that year......went Pontinential.....10 nights half board including flights and transfers £78

[cilla]

Belated Happy Anniversary. Love that you are still so happy together. Hope many more to come.

[jackarmy]

wow, 44 years ? congrats hope you had a great day.

[kris1960]

Congratulations to you both! - its brilliant!

[rary]

Yep and cheaper in a pub, if I remember correctly it was 11d in the bar and 12d in the lounge. 12d or a shilling as it was called is 5 new pence.

Potty, whats 11d etc.?

[Potstubsdustbins]

11 old pence? Back then there were 240 pennies to the pound 12 pennies where a shilling or twentieth of a pound the equivalent of 5p in todays money. So 11 old pennies is about 4.4 new pence.

To make it really easy to understand 20 pints of beer for a pound with some change..... Sounds great doesn't it but in 1971 as a fully skilled plumber I was earning 50p and hour for the then standard 40 hour week I came out with less than £20 after stoppages. to top the £20 mark I had to do a 4.5 hour Saturday morning.

[Potstubsdustbins]

If you were wondering about the 11d bit when decimalisation came in the government classed the new coins as pence and made the old pennies ds to save confusion.

[Martin H]

If you were wondering about the 11d bit when decimalisation came in the government classed the new coins as pence and made the old pennies ds to save confusion.

LOL the old pennies were always d's, as in denarius, as in lsd for pounds shillings and pence. I guess you're trolling the kids, Potty