It's the 50th anniversary of the introduction of decimalisation and already people are lamenting its loss and seeking its return.
Here's the clearest explanation you'll ever see of how the system worked.
Here's the clearest explanation you'll ever see of how the system worked.
It's satire but it demonstrates how far we've come that it's likely people believe this nonsense
I did read this over the weekend. In short, Simon Heffer was angry because decimalisation stopped him using pre 1971 idioms.
In a 2017 poll just 9% of Brexiters said they wanted predecimal currency brought back. So don't reach for the abacus just yet.
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