Posted by Owen Roberts on June 22, 2009 at 22:06:19 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Absent posters (Trivia) posted by Peter H on June 22, 2009 at 21:10:12:
Six shillings and eightpence is 1/3rd of £1.00.00 (pre decimal notation). I wonder is AR was correct as, in those days, solicitors mostly charged in Guineas. 1/3rd of a guinea would be 7 shillings.
Why did we ever decimalise?