Yes, this "new" stuff doesn't last as long. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "davspark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] From Jean White > Brian, > > The days of "proper" money ! > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:44 AM > Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] From Jean White > > > > I forgot to explain to people not in the know, that 40s stood for 40 > > shillings or £2. Before decimalisation, in the days of £.s.d, twenty > > shillings = £1. > > > > Brian > > Staffordshire, UK > > List Admin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] From Jean White > > > > > > > > BENNETT said the quarrel was started by someone tapping at his > window.- > > > > Defendants were each bound over in 40s to keep the peace for three > > months > > > > > > Don't times change? Breach of the Peace for tapping at a window. You > > don't > > > get that for throwing a bomb nowadays. > > > > > > Brian > > > Staffordshire, UK > > > List Admin > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.349 / Virus Database: 195 - Release Date: 15/04/2002 > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > Visit List General Archives at: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEN-FRIENDS > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow > Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.350 / Virus Database: 196 - Release Date: 18/04/2002