The Big Issue ; Decimalisation, Which Swept Away 1,000 Years of History, Was the Big Issue of 1971. Gerry Brooke Continues His Series
Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › September 19, 2007
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Decimalisation, which swept away 1,000 years of history, was the Big Issue of 1971. Gerry Brooke continues his series
W E HAVEN'T got the Euro - yet - but would there have been similar opposition in 1971 if our centuries-old pound had been swept away along with the shillings and half-crowns?See the full content of this document
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The Big Issue ; Decimalisation, Which Swept Away 1,000 Years of History, Was the Big Issue of 1971. Gerry Brooke Continues His Series
D-Day - Monday, February 15, 1971 - was the day our wonderful heritage of tanners and bobs, pennies and threepenny bits, half crowns and 10-bob notes passed into the history books.
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