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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 12:44pm on 28/07/2009
For me it's too much E Nesbit as a child, and a father who used to collect old pennies he dug up from the garden. He discovered that the large pennies are just the right size to block the washing machine drain hose...
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posted by [personal profile] andrewducker at 12:51pm on 28/07/2009
I visited the tram museum near Derby recently and they used old pennies as the fare to ride the trams there...
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:23pm on 28/07/2009
That's a nice detail. I went there once, the canal restoration camp I was on (excuse to spend a week shovelling mud and wearing a hard hat) arranged a visit out of hours, and let the organiser drive a tram :-)
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