I have a gig tonight at
at the Cross Kings
126 York Way, King's Cross, London and South East N10AX
Cost : Free
Last night I suddenly remembered the decimalisation jingles that the Scaffold made up; they were broadcast as public information films on the BBC to tell us all how to cope with the changeover. We didn't need them- everything got a bit more expensive for a while as the dastardly shopkeepers swindled us, but apart from that paying for things is just about counting, however you do it. But the jingles were brilliant- they must have been, cos i can still recall them:
Decimalisation, decimalise
Decimalisation, decimal five
One pound is a hundred new pennies, a hundred new pence to the pound
Use yer old pennies in sixpenny lots, use yer old pennies in sixpenny lots
See? I can even remember th melodies and if you ask me at the gig tonight I shall sing them to you.
Ha!
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