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Old 29-05-2011, 19:34   #156
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Re: What was it called?

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
think there was some type of orange colored lozenze which came in a tube (metal ?) which was supposed to cure a sore throat or a cold , about the size of a shilling or a halfpenny (1/12 0f an inch) stand to be corrected on that ... probably Retlaw could sort me out on that ... there used to be a scale of coinage , so many measured a foot (12") etc.
They were throat pastilles, I think they were more of a pale pink colour.
As furt muny.
12 Apneys meck a Tanner, 2 Tanners meck a Bob, 20 Bob mecks a Quid. There wur also Florins which wur 2 Bob, un Crowns which wur 5 Bob, then thur wur a Guinea, which wur 21 Bob.
As fur them measurments, I still wurk in feet & inches, even though I had to use the metric system from being 14 years of age, when we had to make patterns fur them furiners, I still don't like the mickey mouse measuring system when I'm doing something.
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