English Old Currency

From the collection of

Media Archive for Central England
MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

English Old Currency


Three years on from British decimalisation's 'D Day' in February 1971 and one village shop in Worcestershire is still holding on to the old ways. It's not a hundred pence to the pound at the butchers at Knightwick but twenty shillings. Apparently the new money is a "load of nonsense" as reporter Tony Maycock finds out. This yearning for 'the old money' might seem odd now but you can't help but sympathise with the customers told to forget a lifetime of counting in £sd.


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