scottish politics

[j.sabourn]

Would have to ask Marian if he was wearing the right tartan though. JS

---------- Post added at 09:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 AM ----------

I know it doesnt happen now. However in the 50"s it did. The same as the old white Fiver many places would not accept unless you signed on the back of it. As one time I had one and had to do. Maybe I looked like a villain. Changing Scottish pound notes in Cuba was very hard. B.A. which was always good for money changes, the Scottish pound was always queried. Maybe no one had seen before was more than likely the case. As for England you could take your custom elsewhere and probably get the proper equivilant but as said in the 50"s was always queried in the small shops. JS

[gray_marian]

#92, John, Cannot comment on "Tartan" worn as I did not watch the film on
principal due to to the historically inaccurate story line.... As to Scottish
notes, until recently around [10 yrs ago] hubby regularly changed his to English
when going to London, and if producing a Scottish £50/100 note management were
called whereby what seemed like the world & his wife held it up to the light, and no
there were no moth holes in them

[j.sabourn]

Dont think Ive ever had a 100 pound note, when across in uk last year and getting money out of machine biggest denomination was 20 pounds. You must be in the same bracket stream as Cappy. He keeps his under the mattress I'm told. The old Australian pound thinking back used to vary but was approx. 16 bob to the pound. Thats 16 Aussie bob. Remember just arrived back in UK when decimalization had started on the buffet car from Kings Cross to Newcastle thought the barman was having me on. For years a penny oxo cube had been a penny, was never a penny again. Was a big con the change over and we all found things more expensive. Cheeds John S

---------- Post added at 11:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 AM ----------

#91... Was a good imitator also on I think the wooden tops, maybe have been postman Pat, Och aye hibble dibble dob. Dont know what the hibble and dibble meant, dob had various meanings, JS

[happy daze john in oz]

There was a time way back in the 60's when if you spent part of an English pound here in Oz you got more change than you spent that was how good the pound was in those days. Now in some instances it is more like the European Peso.