... much was a ticket for the London underground in the early '60s? A child's ticket from Westminster to New Cross ... the sixties. This one dated 6 June 1963: "The increases do ... a.m. at Acton Town Underground station, London. Automatic Bill, as...staff call the machine, swallows tickets like oysters, and coughs up...costs for travelling on the Underground without having paid her fare...
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:34:05 +0100, Peter Beale wrote Stimpy wrote: I was also around during the pre-decimal era and only ever remember seeing £SD written as 3s 6d or 3/6 But when you got into the pounds there were more possibilities: £1/3/6, £1 3s 6d, £1-3-6, £1:3:6 etc. Indeed... that's why I didn't go there :-)
... and only ever remember seeing £SD written as 3s 6d or 3/6 But when you got into the pounds there were more possibilities: £1/3/6, £1 3s 6d, £1-3-6, £1:3:6 etc. (also 23/6 from time to time, not least on railway tickets - in the new issue of RM there is a picture of a ticket for the "15 guinea special", with the price shown as "315s."(. Peter ...
... I believe that such quotation marks are used for other things as well. As someone else has pointed out, for angles, but not, in my experience, for monetary values. Remember the default was 3 values, pounds, shilling and pence, the use of ' and " wouldn't allow that. I was also around during the pre-decimal era and only ever remember seeing £SD written as 3s 6d or 3/6
...risks of both driver theft and robbery. ticket machines at SkyTrain/SeaBus stations will accept...... once the fare is paid, the ticket/transfer is valid across the whole ...the change you get: a USD1.50 ticket here means twenty coins (18x$1, ... substantial discounts. For example, a "ten-ticket" single-zone fare-saver booklet costs $... or tri-zone system-wide after 6.30 p.m. and all day ...
...change to pay on board a bus... ticket machines at SkyTrain/SeaBus stations will accept... once the fare is paid, the ticket/transfer is valid across the whole ... accept notes (an all-day group ticket for 2 adults and 2 children is now £6 so you can pay by £5... by lucky chance almost all their tickets are currently an exact multiple of £... moment (a one-person all-day ticket is £3, up from £2.70 ...
... Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from circulation. More here: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html As stated there, the 6d ...
... Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from circulation. More here: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html As stated there, the 6d...
...Currency Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from circulation. More here: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html As stated there, the...
... Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from circulation. More here: http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html As stated there, the 6d remained in ...
