British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

foobarbaz wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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You can't help thinking that Mimi and Hannah will both get a MD wildcard, no matter what, just to save the LTA a bob or two

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 a bob, is an old shilling, 12 old pennies (12d)

two bob, is two shillings, 24 pennies (24d) - or - a single florin  (now equiv to 10p piece)

10 bob, a half pound note

20 bob, a pound note.

6 old pennies (or a single tanner) used to be enough to buy a Mars bar (bigger than today's version), early 1960's

... not tennis, but couldn't resist

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 I have never heard anyone use the expression 20 Bob ..

But a ten bob note was what we called it, never heard of the expression a half pound note ..

Then again, there was the Guinea, a pound and a shilling ..

Our Mum (like everybody others' Mum) used to put tanners and threepenny bits into the Christmas Cake