Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
Re large bank notes , Des after a 7 month first trip to sea in 1953 , Iwas allowed to leave theship for a couple of days and managed to get back up the. NE from London and back to rejoin the vessel in Cardiff all within 3 days and that included travelling time. However I had the grand total of five of the big white fivers plus half a crown. Going into a local cafe where I had used to live , to be a show off I produced one of them to the waitress for a 3d. Cup of coffee. The young girl was aghast at the sight and had to get the manager to Inspect it, and I had to put my name and address on the back of it ,I gave the other 4 big white fivers to my mother before catching the train back to my second home in Cardiff which was loading coal for South America. Maybe that saying penny wise , pound foolish may have had some relativity to my foolishness. Cheers JS