In reply to Pesda potato:
> Why do we still have copper coins in circulation, surely they are redundant now, Id happily be rid of 5p and 10p coins too.
Steady! Steady! Do you want a riot!
Decimal currency was introduced back in 1971.
Yet in Pesda ( Bethesda), it was still pounds shillings and pence in the Douglas Arms , until recently.
Getting rid of shillings and florins? Preposterous!
I must scratch a letter on my slate, and send it to the editor of the Bangor and Anglesey Mail the morrow morn...