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1939 receipt for wedding flowers.
Photo: jacklaw
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Item #: 20636
Item #: 20636
1939 receipt for my mothers wedding flowers.
Comment by: Margaret Wall on 7th May 2012 at 22:58
If this is in pounds, it seems a bit expensive for 1939.
I'm wondering if it is nineteen shillings!
Comment by: ken on 8th May 2012 at 00:09
It is shillings Margaret,4 x 6d buttonholes 2 shillings.
Comment by: Maurice on 8th May 2012 at 00:54
It's 19 shillings,19 pounds would be a months wage in 1939.
Comment by: henry7 on 8th May 2012 at 08:01
I think it will be shillings. Nice to see something that is hand written, a great keepsake.
Comment by: AP on 8th May 2012 at 10:56
It was more usual to write such an amount using the solidus, i.e.
19/- A format which has completely disappeared: sad as this goes back even further than the penny, and is derived from the Imperial Roman coin, 'the Solidus'.
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