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a man walks into a pub

Henry IrvingHenry Irving
in Not Sports Related
And asks for eight pints at 10d each.

How much does the barman ask for?
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    AbsurdistanAbsurdistan
    80d
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    bolloxbolderbolloxbolder
    6 shillings and 8d?
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    bolloxbolder said:

    6 shillings and 8d?

    Well "six and Eight" but yes.

    No one ever said 80d

    Hands up if you have no idea what we're talking about.
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    StigStig
    6/- 8d
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    cafcrocky87cafcrocky87
    Henry Irving said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    6 shillings and 8d?

    Well "six and Eight" but yes.

    No one ever said 80d

    Hands up if you have no idea what we're talking about.
    Guilty!
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    CatAddickCatAddick
    But how much change from ten bob note?
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    AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    It's an old boy thing innit?
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    It is. And it is coming back!
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    CatAddick said:

    But how much change from ten bob note?

    Flash sod flashing a ten bob note in the boozer. Two half crowns, a shilling, two thru'penny bits and a couple of pennies will do.
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    CatAddickCatAddick
    Henry Irving said:

    It is. And it is coming back!

    what? Beer at less than 5 new pence?
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    AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    Ah, I know those things they call thru'penny bits!
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    Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    two bob bits
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    Oggy RedOggy Red
    Henry Irving said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    6 shillings and 8d?

    Well "six and Eight" but yes.

    No one ever said 80d

    Hands up if you have no idea what we're talking about.
    Me, Henry. But then I'm a lot younger than you.


    ;o)

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    BaldybonceBaldybonce
    The good old days when honey roasted nuts were considered fine dining.
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    Captain PeacockCaptain Peacock
    One for the under 30's

    How many shillings in a guinea?

    How many farthings in a shilling?

    How many 3d in a pound?

    Just a bit of fun.
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    Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    21 shillings in a guinea

    48 farthings in a shilling??

    too tired to work out the last one.... erm.... 40 of the thruppence? maybe double that. double d.

    btw i am under 30.
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    Captain Peacock said:

    One for the under 30's

    How many shillings in a guinea?

    How many farthings in a shilling?

    How many 3d in a pound?

    Just a bit of fun.


    I'll have a go...there were I think 240 pennies in an old pre-decimal pound, so 80 3d coins?

    I think...
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    RobRob
    80 is correct. 20 shillings in a pound. Multiplied by 4.
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    ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    edited May 2013
    10 pints for less than 7 bob. Those were the days.
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    RivieraRiviera
    I have two pre- decimalisation coins in my hand that add up to 2&6 (2s&6d or two shillings and sixpence) but one of them is NOT a florin (a two shilling coin).
    What are the two coins?
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    SlartibartfastSlartibartfast
    You have one florin and a tanner, if one is not a florin then it is ok if the other one is!
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    fossdeneboyfossdeneboy
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    10 pints for less than 7 bob. Those were the days.

    The awful taste of warm mild.
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    RivieraRiviera
    Slartibartfast said:

    You have one florin and a tanner, if one is not a florin then it is ok if the other one is!

    No one likes a smart arse...... ;-)

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    cafcfancafcfan
    fossdeneboy said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    10 pints for less than 7 bob. Those were the days.

    The awful taste of warm mild.
    Not to mention Watney's Red Barrel.
    Two and three is about the lowest price I can remember for a pint.
    (Along with many others I was in work on Sunday 14th February 1971 converting all the bloody handwritten account ledgers into decimal. What a boring job that was.)
    "Give more get change" was the Govt's suggestion for the following day!
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    cafcfancafcfan
    Thank God they got rid of the new half pence piece. What was the idea of going decimal but having a fractional coin - so you could buy a single Black Jack I suppose?
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    MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Riviera said:

    Slartibartfast said:

    You have one florin and a tanner, if one is not a florin then it is ok if the other one is!

    No one likes a smart arse...... ;-)

    Yet you still post.
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    I remember a pint being 1/10d at my football club for Whitbread (almost undrinkable) Trophy.
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    madaddmadadd
    edited May 2013
    cafcfan said:

    Thank God they got rid of the new half pence piece. What was the idea of going decimal but having a fractional coin - so you could buy a single Black Jack I suppose?

    hang on weren't Black Jacks 4 for a 1d therefore a new halfpenny would have bought you 2?

    although I do remember with decimalisation everything seemed to double in price overnight...well sweets did anyway! :(

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    bloodnutbloodnut
    old money sounds so romantic to me, very London 'twang' to it aswell.
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    BaldybonceBaldybonce
    fossdeneboy said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    10 pints for less than 7 bob. Those were the days.

    The awful taste of warm mild.

    and warm party sevens.
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