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By ROBERT10

1971 Ch-ch-Changes - Don't want to be a richer man

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
- David Bowie [1971]

The first decimal coins in Britain dropped into purses and wallets across the nation on 15 February 1971. It was the beginning of the end for the faithful tanners, bobs and half-crowns of the old system, which was phased out over the next 18 months.

Calderdale office am. Wakefield office pm.

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