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  • lianne1978
    lianne1978 Posts: 127 Forumite
    I'm 28 and the other day my son asked me if they had televisions when I was younger and if everything was black and white!
    I wished the buck stopped here as I could use a few!
  • GirlRacer_2
    GirlRacer_2 Posts: 3,026 Forumite
    We had an Alpine man also. Those pop bottles were really thick and quite heavy from what I can remember
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    lianne1978 wrote:
    I'm 28 and the other day my son asked me if they had televisions when I was younger and if everything was black and white!


    LOL! :rotfl:
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  • ariba10
    ariba10 Posts: 5,432 Forumite
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    GirlRacer wrote:
    The corona man! Nobody has ever done cherryade like corona. 10p back on the bottles aswell ......


    2 Old pence when we were young.
    I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Some cheeky so-and-so gave us an old £10 note in work, and two of the girls said they didn't remember them!

    Can't be that long ago they changed surely! :eek:
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  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Who remembers one pound notes??
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  • gelato_cat
    gelato_cat Posts: 2,970 Ambassador
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    I think they changed in 2000...

    Suze

    Gemmzie wrote:
    Some cheeky so-and-so gave us an old £10 note in work, and two of the girls said they didn't remember them!

    Can't be that long ago they changed surely! :eek:
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  • lianne1978
    lianne1978 Posts: 127 Forumite
    LookingAhead wrote:
    Who remembers one pound notes??
    Yes and half pennies!
    I wished the buck stopped here as I could use a few!
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Oh my goodness, yes half pennies! They were wafer thin weren't they?
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  • sproggi
    sproggi Posts: 1,560 Forumite
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    OMG sixpences:o

    Sproggi
    'We can get over being poor, but it takes longer to get over being ignorant'
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