heh Incredible... People kept Newspapers?

[S-Gray]

I just lookin thru a drawer at home, which was bought off an Old Lady around 2weeks ago, anyway inside i just found 2 Newspapers...

"Daily Express" dated at 2nd July 1969, on the front page is "Soldiers killed in Blast Horror" where a bomb i presume went off at "Caernarvon" (Ireland?), also on the front page is a huge picture of a *very* young Prince Charles...

The other paper is also "Daily Express" and is dated 21st July with the Headline "Man is on the Moon" with 2 big pictures of Neil Armstrong and a guy called Aldrine...

Both papers are in very good condition, its remarkable heh

*puts papers back*

Do you think theyd be worth anything? The price on them is "5d" altho because i wasnt ever around when that currency was around, i dont know how much it meant

 

[Xtro]

5d=5p in old money

The Man on the Moon one would be a good one to keep, no idea if it would be worth something but its a nice bit of history.

 

[Testin da Cable]

aye, keep that MoM one. that's leet or alternativly I offer to buy it off you for the royal sum of one pound.

 

[*Kornholio*]

Perhaps the old lady was the Caernarvon bomber and was planning to blow the US astronauts up too...

 

[throdgrain]

Originally posted by Super_Gray[SG]
"Caernarvon" (Ireland?), also on the front page is a huge picture of a *very* young Prince Charles...

Wales SG, Wales ....

 

[S-Gray]

Yeah i looked on the net for anything regarding it and it did say Wales, altho it sounded Irish and usually you relate that kinda stuff to Ireland (no offense to any irish people )

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by Super_Gray[SG]
and a guy called Aldrine...

Buzz Aldrin ffs.

Read about him here:

http://www.buzzaldrin.com/about/

 

[*Kornholio*]

Is he Buzz Lightyear's cousin ?

 

[Xtro]

Originally posted by *Kornholio*
Is he Buzz Lightyear's cousin ?

Guinness Book of Records 2003 Edtion

Page 143

Unfunniest Forum Quip - record claimed by Kornholio, 19th February 2003.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Yeah but he made up for it earlier with this.....

Originally posted by *Kornholio*
Perhaps the old lady was the Caernarvon bomber and was planning to blow the US astronauts up too...

Which I actually LoL'ed at

 

[*Kornholio*]

w00t !! tbh ffs plz thx wtf stfu...

 

[Xtro]

hehe lub j00

 

[~YuckFou~]

Originally posted by Xtro
5d=5p in old money

Incorrect, trust me

5d = 2.5 new pence

12d = 1 shilling = 5 new pence
20 shillings= 1 pound
half a crown = 2.5 shillings
crown = 5 shillings.

I used to get half a crown weekly pocket money, the princely sum of 12.5 pence.

I remember when we switched from groats to pennies

 

[Testin da Cable]

goodness, you're bloody old yuck

 

[Sir Frizz]

There has to be an 'old man' smiley here somewhere...

 

[Trem]

They tried that but the false teeth kept falling out of it Frizz.

 

[~YuckFou~]

 

[Xtro]

lol Yuck I sit corrected. Good to have someone on here who makes me feel young

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by ~YuckFou~


Incorrect, trust me

5d = 2.5 new pence

12d = 1 shilling = 5 new pence
20 shillings= 1 pound
half a crown = 2.5 shillings
crown = 5 shillings.

I used to get half a crown weekly pocket money, the princely sum of 12.5 pence.

I remember when we switched from groats to pennies

And the English complain they dont want to move to decimal cos its too confusing...

 

[Trem]

When we moved into this house we found newspapers under the bedroom rug from the 1940's, stuff about the war on them, we also found 769'000 moths in our bedroom. I guess that means that the rug had been left, untouched for like 50 years................................cool.

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by Tremor.
When we moved into this house we found newspapers under the bedroom rug from the 1940's, stuff about the war on them, we also found 769'000 moths in our bedroom. I guess that means that the rug had been left, untouched for like 50 years................................cool.

There is probably also a dead body buried in the wall...

 

[Trem]

Not yet.....soon, very soon:wall:

 

[~YuckFou~]

Ah the good old days

 

[GDW]

What Im wondering is why you are buying old ladies drawers ?

 

[doh_boy]

I remember using the one shilling and two shilling as 5p and 10p

 

[Munkey-]

i found old editions of mayfair if that counts