Margaret remembers Gran Collins teaching her the exact value of money before decimalisation.

Margaret remembers Decimal Day through the conversion card on the kitchen table and her family’s different responses to the new money.

Margaret receives her first weekly cash pay packet and discovers that earning money immediately gives it several destinations.

Margaret buys a second-hand portable typewriter so she can practise for her RSA typing qualification at home.

Margaret and Alan buy a used red Chevette after George inspects it and offers the nearest thing he gives to approval.

Margaret and Alan settle into their first married home, a compact Fareham flat with second-hand furniture and a coin-operated laundry.

Margaret and Alan leave the Fareham flat for a three-bedroom house in Havant, taking on a mortgage and room to expand.

Margaret returns to paid employment as a part-time clerical assistant at Eastbrook Junior School.