Posted by Just read to Alex about Pete catching roach for bait at tuppence for a good'un in BS on September 03, 2003 at 22:10:36 from 195.93.32.8 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: Daisy in Secret Water. posted by Ian on September 03, 2003 at 18:12:43:
so your exchange rate is very apposite. I was able to show Alex a penny, a shilling, a sixpence and a half crown but if I can tell him that "a penny = 20p", all will become clear.
The thirty bob was a King's ransom for three ordinary boys!