Beware the Roasburies Pt 06
There are some things you don’t need to know and this is one of them. Before 15th February 1971, in Britain we had pounds ‘£’, shillings ‘s’, and pence ‘d’ (denarii). 12 pence in a shilling, 20 shillings in a pound. We also had guineas – 21 shillings to complicate matters further. The penny was divided into 2 halfpennies (pronounced haypny), and 4 farthings (fourth-things). The latter was discontinued in 1960, it was hardly used even before that. Two sayings using the halfpenny: ‘You daft...