Kidorry Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I think it wasn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shilling_Tailors I bow to your superior googleing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willybite Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I think it was. http://www.burton.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaticPageDisplay?storeId=12551&identifier=br2-about-us&catalogId=33052 hiya the fifty shilling tailors was called the fifty bob shop, it was situated as near as dammit at the bottom of king st and haymarket ps i was talking about the 1930s not 1903. it was 50 shilling not 55 shillings some 30years before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Like many people have said I used to get a silver 6d from the tooth fairy. Mydaughter used to get 50p and one day she came home from school clutching a tooth, she showed it me I said let me see where it came from,the reply was "Oh it's not mine it's Brendan's I told him I got 50p from the tooth fairy and he only gets 20p so I'm putting it under my pillow for him". I had to put it there to keep her faith in the tooth fairy. When I got married, my mum gave me a silver 6d for my shoe. I had never heard the last line of that rhyme so was quite surprised, not only had she found me a 6d she got one with my year of birth on 1958 and it is in the drawer of my bedside table now. Curriechick I remember the old 6d from the tooth fairy, with inflation I think it now stands at about £54.00 lol. The story from your daughter is an absolute belter, it's just the things kids say/used to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane39 Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Haha! My last memory of that coin was catching the bus from Grenoside to Foxhill.(got to be late 70s/early 80s) I gave it the driver and he said 'tha can't used that' I said 'why not?' He said,'coz it ceased being legal tender tuther month' The b+++++d wouldn't let me on(i had no more money) I had to walk home (not too far) but i dint aif bomb it past Grenoside nut-house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 hiya, no i do remember it was called the fifty shilling tailors it was not burtons. It was John Collier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 It was John Collier. .......the window to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curriechick Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 .......the window to watch. Ha Ha I remember that jingle, it is in my head now and probably will stay there for ages - Thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Ha Ha I remember that jingle, it is in my head now and probably will stay there for ages - Thanks Jim Ditto it was 1st thing I thought of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willybite Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 It was John Collier. the name was " THE FIFTY SHILLING TAILORS" not john colliers,burtons, weaver to wearer, isidore newman,neville reeds,austin reeds, bill mackley, or barney goodman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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