Money

Gran Collins counted her change before she left the counter.

Decimal Day was Monday, 15 February 1971. I was eight and had been told that money was changing, although the pound was staying the same. This seemed an unnecessary way to organise it.

I received my first pay packet on Friday, 31 August 1979, after four weeks at Wessex Marine Supplies.

We bought the Chevette in 1983 after agreeing that buying a car counted as large spending, so both of us needed to know about it.

We camped in the New Forest in August 1993 because it was cheaper than renting anywhere with walls.