Non Stick Nick
Member Since: 02 Oct 2005
Location: Reading, Berkshire
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Pinced from a local forum to me..
Can you work out this sum?
Includes some old slang terms - total of Sum is at the bottom: Put your name of the answer alongside + the amount.
BOYS NAME …. ….
GIRLS NAME …. ….
TIARA ….. …. ….
LEATHER WORKER …. ….
MONKEY’S LEG JOINT …. ….
OLD BICYCLE …. ….
SICK SEA CREATURE …. ….
MALE VOICE …. ….
HAMPSTER’S FRIEND …. ….
THE SUN, MOON & STARS
the total to achieve is £ 17 - 5s - 31/2d
Good luck
NSN I am a hob nobber.
Last edited by Non Stick Nick on 6th Jul 2009 4:30 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10297
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just on the edge for me, so can remember (partly from parents):
farthing - 1/4 penny?
tanner - sixpence
bob - 1 shilling
guinee (is that how you spell it) 21 shilling (1 pound 1 shilling)
1/2 crown - 2shillings and sixpence
tennor - 10 shillings
Florin (but dont know where this fits) - 2 shillings?
cant get the rest - so these might help somebody else.
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
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I get £ 17 5s 3d but can't find the extra 1/2d. There are two farthings and one halfpenny. Can't find that extra coin!  ( and i knew the monkey's limb joint).
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