Bus Fare Price!

[kidneystone 23]

It was 4d when I went to school

[slugger 10]

It was 4d when I went to school

 

Wow, would that be an old threepenny bit and an old penny ?

[ming37 10]

I remember it being 32p and then it went up to 33p for a few years the 40p if i remember rightly, now i have to pay full fare so not a clue how much more it is for a child now.

[kidneystone 23]

Wow, would that be an old threepenny bit and an old penny ?

 

It sure was or four pennies or eight half pennies. Got number 4 from Firth Park to Hinde House Comp. Some times we would walk it and use the money to buy a cigarette and a match from the sweet shop (A no6 or a no10)

Edited November 25, 2013 by kidneystone

[Waco Kid 10]

The concessionary bus fare was never 32p.

 

It was 30p from 1997 then went to 33p in 1998. It stayed at 33p until January 2002 when it went to 35p.

[slugger 10]

It sure was or four pennies or eight half pennies. Got number 4 from Firth Park to Hinde House Comp

 

Or 2d change from a tanner.

 

Never understood what the "d" at the end meant. e.g. "p" means pence ?

[xdbx 10]

denarii by judging some of the folk on here:hihi:

[ming37 10]

The concessionary bus fare was never 32p.

 

It was 30p from 1997 then went to 33p in 1998. It stayed at 33p until January 2002 when it went to 35p.

 

Oh yeah 35p forgot about that one.

[slugger 10]

denarii by judging some of the folk on here:hihi:

 

:hihi:

 

We're talking bus fares, not chariot rides.

[kidneystone 23]

Or 2d change from a tanner.

 

Never understood what the "d" at the end meant. e.g. "p" means pence ?

 

d stands for denarius

 

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm

[slugger 10]

d stands for denarius

 

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm

 

Thanks for the link

How old fashioned and outdated we were back then

[richkent 10]

Thanks for the link

How old fashioned and outdated we were back then

 

We still use '£' a stylised 'L' for libra, Latin for pound (weight).