Dear Annette, As far as slang is concerned, a tanner was sixpence and a bob was a shilling.
That's most interesting. Of course the amounts were the same in Australia. However, for us a threepence (pronounced thruppence) was a "tray" and a sixpence was a "zack". Like you, our shilling was a "bob". The pound was a "quid", and although we knew 2 shillings (written 2/-) was a florin, we always called it "2 bob".
I can remember back around 1959 when Greensborough, the Melbourne suburb in which I was dragged up, got it's first fish and chip shop, 2 bob's worth of chips was ample to feed Mum and Dad and the 5 kids. If we wanted potato cakes (scallops in NSW) they were a penny ha'penny each, and a piece of Flake (shark) was a shilling.
David in Ballarat
That's about all I can remember (actually, I'm not old enough to remember farthings, since they were withdrawn when I was about 3 years old, but I have seen them - I think they had a robin on the back).
Regards, Annette
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