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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Leamington Spa Station: gwrls885a
Close up of image 'gwr885' looking towards the junction between
Lower Avenue and Old Warwick Road with excavation work on the left. According
to the sign at the entrance on the extreme right the cars parked would have
paid 1/- per day. Pre-decimal currency which used pounds, shilling and pence
would be displayed on price tags using the forward slash / to separate the
pounds from the shillings and pence. As an example 5 pounds, six shillings and
11 pence would be displayed as £5/6/11. A dash would be used when no unit
was used hence 1/- for one shilling no pence. In instances where only pence
would be charged then this would be displayed for say eleven pence as either,
-/11 or 11d. In old currency there were 20 shillings to a pound and 12 pennies
to a shilling. In 1971 when decimilisation was brought in a shilling was the
equivalent to 5 New Pence.
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