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Hylander · March 31

Speaking of coinage and nothing to do with the Broads whatsoever, my Gran once told me (I am nearly 80 so you can imagine how long ago this was) she got on a bus and the fare was 1 old penny, she offered the conductor 4 farthings, he promptly threw them out of the window and said that they were no good whatsoever. I am not quite sure what the outcome was, but my thoughts are be prepared for the Ticket Collector at the mooring to dispose of them in the same manner.

addicted · March 31

Tony and I used to run a pet shop and it was quite a common thing for a youngster to be brought in by a parent to buy a hamster and be paying for it with money saved in their money box. It could be a bit of a pain to count the cost out in coins of small denominations. Even more so if the required pet was a rabbit, complete with hutch and all the accompanying required equipment!

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dom · March 31

2 minutes ago, addicted said:

Tony and I used to run a pet shop and it was quite a common thing for a youngster to be brought in by a parent to buy a hamster and be paying for it with money saved in their money box.

I can remember saving up for a snake as a kid in much the same way. We went up to the old pet shop which used to be on the approach to Norwich Castle before the mall was built. My mum insisted that I waited in the car to save finding a parking space, whilst she went in and checked. Funnily enough, they'd "sold out" of snakes. I've still not entirely forgiven her for that.

Bikertov · April 1

On 31/03/2024 at 18:53, dom said:

I can remember saving up for a snake as a kid in ...

Funnily enough, they'd "sold out" of snakes. I've still not entirely forgiven her for that.

Well I never - Funny that, who would have thought a pet shop would have sold out of such a popular children's pet as a snake ??