Sandwell Chronicle, January 19, 2017

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Sandwell
Thursday,January19,2017 Readbymorethan57,000people Pricewhensold70p
BALLET PACKED UP AND READY TO ROLL FOR CINDERELLA STINT HEALTH
Sevenin10adults
haveexcessweight
TENarticulatedlorriespackedwithscen- CinderellawontheBestClassicalChoreog- podrome,thehomevenueofthecompany.
eryflats,props,lightingrigs,railsofcos- raphyattheprestigious2011Critic’sCircle Ateachvenuetheproductionmustadapt
tumes,flightcasesofwigsaresettorollout National Dance Awards for the choreo- itssetstoworkperfectlyondifferentsized
ofBirmingham,asBirminghamRoyalBal- graphicwork.JohnMacfarlane’sdesigns, stagesanddancersmustperforminuptoa MORE than 70 per cent of adults in
letbeginsitsUKtourofCinderella. originatedinclosecollaborationwithMr thirdlessspacethanwhenathome,taxing Sandwellareeitheroverweightorobese,
Thethree-actballetcloselyfollowsthe Bintleyincludesaagianttickingclockand theingenuityandskillofover50backstage health experts have revealed. A Public
traditionalCinderellastoryofthewicked abeautifulcarriage. staffandnearly40dancersnightly. Health England Active People Survey,
stepmother,uglysisters,theFairyGod- Birmingham Royal Ballet spokesman Eachvenuerequiresbetweentwoand which collects self-reported height and
motherandofcourse,theslipper. DavidHarmonsaid:“Withbeautifulchore- threedaysforeachbuildandfollowingthe weight from adults aged 16 and over,
Inabreakfromthecharacterportrayal ographyandclearnarrativetheballetoffers finalnightoftheproductionthetechnical foundoutof3,855,sevenin10adultsin
inCinderellathathasdominatedinrecent ampleopportunitiesforactingandcomedy, crewworkstraightonthroughthenightto SaTnhdeweslpllcitarsraiewd4e1xcpesesrwceenigthbt.eingover-
years,DavidBintleyreturnedtotheorig- particularlyforthetwosisters,Skinnyand breakdownandloadup. weightand29percentobese.Aspart
inalideaofhavingballerinasasthetwo Dumpy.Italsohasgreatfamilyappeal.” Thecontentsofthe10articulatedlorry of National Obesity Awareness Week,
sisterswhoare‘uglyontheinside’,rather TheproductionwillbestagedinSouth- trailersinclude31railsofcostumes,eight Sandwellpublichealthofficersareurging
thanbeingplayedbytwomen. amptonfromJanuary25beforeheadingfor basketsofshoes,78wigs,250hairrollers, peopletomakechangestotheirdiets.
EmilySmithposesinfrontofpartofCinderella’sgiantclock ChBrrisotamdacsasBtalbleyt,tthheecoBmBpCanays’stvheresio2n01o0f Stiaolnfotroda,Ptwlyom-woueetkhraunndaStuBnidremrlianngdhainmaHdidpi-- 1m,0a0ch0inheasirapnidnds,ry4e4rst.utusandtwowashing saPidu:b“Olicbheesaitylthiscbheiecfo,mCoinugnmcilolorerPanredemtGoirlel,
ofanissue.”CallHealthySandwell,on
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INQUESTS
PLAY CENTRES
Tunisiamassacre
probesunderway
THEfamiliesof30Britonsmassacred
onaTunisianbeacharehopingtofi-
nallygetsomeanswersaboutwhat
happened and whether the atrocity
couldhavebeenavoided.
FUNDING AXED Theinquestsstartedthisweekwith
thestartlingdiscoverythattheattack
mastermindisknownandisontherun.
Thefamiliesofthedeceased,includ-
ingSuzyRichardsfromWednesbury
wholostoneofhersons,herbrother
andfatherinTunisia,willbeamong
thoseexpectingtofindoutexactlywhat
happenedonthatill-fateddayonJune
26,2015.
PLANNING
Welcome for 14
CHILDREN’S play centres and after-school clubs are to Pair make B-line for Tom’s team
closeacrossSandwell,resultinginthelossof26jobs. newflatsscheme
SandwellAdventurePlayAssociation(SAPA)hasbeenforcedtoaxe14
servicesaftertheboroughcouncilpulledtheplugonits£300,000-a-year
funding.Themovewillleaveparentsfacingsignificantdisruptionin iAtSthErCoOugNhDtoBltahceknCeoxutnrtoruynsdinogferhihtaTsVmatadle- HdoOwMnEfSormwiellrbdeocbtourilst’osnurtgheerys.iteofarun-
theirday-to-daylives. ent show The Voice. Ebony Wilson, aged PlanstotransformpartofLowerHigh
Aswellasplaycentres,SAPAalsoprovideschildcareservices,withstaffpickingup 20,fromSmethwick,isonehalfofCapital Street,Wednesbury,havebeenapproved.
childrenfromschoolandlookingafterthematthecentresuntiltheparentsfinishwork. Bwhichmadeitthroughthefirstroundof Somebuildingswillbeknockeddownto
Italsorunstwopre-schoolplaygroups. thecompetitiononSaturdaynight. makewayfor14flats.However,thehis-
CouncilbossessaidSAPAhadnotbeen Ebony and her Capital B partner Zoe toricfrontagelookingoutontoLowerHigh
successfulinapplyingforfundingbutin- ByRichardGuttridge Hedge,21,fromBishop’sCastleinShrop- Streetwillremainandbeincorporatedinto
sistedthecashwouldstillbeavailablefor shire,havechoseniconicWelshsingerSir thenewdevelopment.Thebuildingshave
otherproviders. TomJonesastheirmentorinthecompe- beenemptyforyearsandpartofthesite
The voluntary service operates from beenassuredbythelocalauthorityalterna- titionastheylooktoprogressthroughthe hasbecomeunsafe.
centresacrosstheborough,includingat tiveplaceswillbeofferedbutwehaveno laterrounds.Thecompetitioncouldseethe Regeneration chief Councillor Paul
RiddinsMoundChildren’sCentreinCra- ideawhereatthemoment.Theplaycentres paircomeupagainstBrownhills’sJason Moore,said:“I’mdelightedthataderelict
dKleenyrHicekatPha,rWkeCsolemymCuenntirtyeiCneWnterdeniensbWuersyt, lairtetlebaosrednoinparroevaissiwonithfodrepchriivldarteionntoorpwlaityh. Jafotneerswwowhoingchtohseejutdogbeesloansttweaeemk.will.i.am bThueildreinisgaislwbaeyisnagnbereodugfohrtnbeawckhoinutsoinugs.”e.
Bromwich,WiltshireWayPlayCentrein Theideawastheywouldn’tbetemptedinto Performing Lauryn Hill and Tanya
HateleyHeath,WallaceCloseandLion crimeandanti-socialbehaviourandwould Blount’sversionofGospelhymn‘HisEyeIs INSIDE
FarmPlayCentresinOldburyandthe beencouragedtobegrown-upcitizens.” ontheSparrow’attheblindauditions,Cap-
WindmillCentreinSmethwick. CouncillorSimonHackett,headofchil- italBimpressedbothSirTomandGavin GOODLUCKTO
Alternative dren’sservicesatSandwellCouncil,said: Rossdalewhoturnedtheirchairsforthe
“Itisimportanttoconfirmthatthegrant duo.Butaftermuchdeliberationthepair
After-schoolclubsopenforthreeanda fortheseserviceshasnotbeencutandthat choseSirTom. CARINGJENNY
halfhoursfromMondaytoFridayandalso thecouncilhasnotwithdrawnanyfinance Theywillnowworkwiththe76-year-old
between8amand6pmduringtheschool fromthisarea. singertoprepareforthebattlerounds.
holidaystosupportparentswhoareunable “ThetruthisthatSAPAwasunsuccessful Ebony,whousedtobepartoftheBir-
togettimeoffwork. inbiddingforgrantstosupporttheservices mingham-basedWorldMusicYouthChoirs
SAPAhasbeenbasedinSandwellforal- theyrunbecausetheirbidwasnotofahigh andtheHandsworthfemaleacapellagroup
most50yearsbutfundingfromthecouncil enoughstandardtowinfurtherfundingon BlackVoices,said:“Wearesoexcitedtobe
willceaseattheendofMarch.Bossessaid thisoccasion. partofTheVoiceUKthisyear.”
effortstosourcealternativefundinghad “Inordertoensuretheprovisionofser- TheSmethwicksingeralsousedtobea
beenunsuccessful.Atotalof26staffhave vicesmeetlocalneed,thecouncilperiodi- backingvocalistforaTomJonestributeact,
beentoldtheywilllosetheirjobs. callyhastoreviewthemtoseehowitcan adding:“Itwaswritteninthestarsforusto
DevastatedfieldofficerChrisHarwood offeragreaterflexibilityofservicestoan beteamTom!”
said:“Obviouslyweareverydisappointed increasingnumberofchildrenandfamilies. EbonyandZoemetatBirminghamCity
andupset.Wearestunned,therealisation Theseserviceswillcontinuetoberunby Universitywheretheyarebothstudying
thatwewillhavetoclosehashitus.There voluntaryorganisationstomeettheneedsof applied performance at the Birmingham PAGE5
willbeupheaval(forparents)butwehave childrenandfamilieswithintheborough.” EbonyWilson,fromSmethwick,right,withZoeHedge SchoolofActing.
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throughextensionsofexistingschools theywillreceivedetailsoftheirnewdeal
51-53QueenStreet andthedevelopmentofanewprimary afterFebruary27.
Wolverhampton,WV11ES inSmethwick. They then have until March 28 to
Sandwell Council leader Steve Eling decidewhethertoacceptthenewoffer.
OpenMondaytoFriday9am-1pmand2pm-5pm said:“Therehasbeenanunprecedented Residentscansignupatwww.sandwell.
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butthishasstartedtoease,however,we copyoftheirlatestgasandelectricity
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nexttwoyearsandtheextensionswork call for teens
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Region set Blakemore sales hit £1.31 billion
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sales from its latest annual accounts. markets together with significant lev- He said: “A F Blakemore has set e
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2017, recorded annual sales of £1.31 sideration during the year and Mr with a fantastic reputation for service father when he takes over the mayor- h
billion with pre-tax profits up from Blakemore pointed to the fact that among trade partners and consumers. ship of a council later this year. ro
£7.59 million to £7.60m for the 2015- the business has continued to retain “Collaboration is now required Councillor Marco Longhi, a Con- n
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port minister Andrew Jones said: alongside other Walsall mayors of 7
“Roads play a significant part in past generations.
everyday life linking people with jobs Councillor Longhi said: “I am really
and businesses with customers, which delighted to have been voted mayor
is why this government is investing and look forward to a great year being
record amounts improving and main- ambassador for the town.”
ttoa ihneinlpg mhoigthorwisatyss.” across the country THE iconic Billy Wright statue out- Final peak at blinding jailhouse Experts to make
The new funds have been backed by side Molineux has been badly dam-
South Staffordshire MP and the Con- aged after a car crashed into it. railways safer
servative chief whip Gavin William- The plinth on which the statue of the
son. He said: “The state of our roads Wolves and England legend stands was
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improve journey times.” daughter of the late player, said she was ‘so 1933 to serve as a central po- Institute’s green
sad’ to hear about the statue. lice station.
Co-op in pledge staSthuee twwaese tleefdt tboa sdalyy :d “aMmaang eadr.r Teshtiesd h aafst emr athdee However, it has now been fingered visitor
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to remove treats A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Of- for modern policing. The build- YOUNG Black Country gardener,
ficers have arrested a man following a collision ing features a tunnel – through Adam Greathead, will be offering his
with a statue outside Molineux on Waterloo which thousands of criminals expertise in his talk at the West Bro-
THE Co-op Group is to remove sweets Road, in the early hours of Sunday morning. made the walk to court – heavy mwich Institute next Tuesday.
with marketing and packaging aimed A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of steel cell doors, art deco door There will be plenty of colourful
at children from its store checkouts drink driving and dangerous driving.” A police officer stands guard on the first floor of the Victorian-style jail handles, old fashioned inter- plants and flowers on show too, plus
and provide a range of healthier A Wolves spokesman said: “The club has view rooms equipped with cas- hilarious tales of some of the great ec-
snacks. been in contact with West Midlands Police sette players and even stained centrics he has dug up in the course
The assurance has been given to over the damage done to the base of the statue glass windows. of his glittering career. The talk starts
the West Midlands representative on following a traffic incident in the early hours of Head of Birmingham West at 7.30 in the Central Library, West
the Co-op Members’ Council, David Sunday morning. neighbourhood policing unit, Bromwich High Street, access via the
Hallam, a former director of the in- “The club’s staff will be assessing the dam- Chief Superintendent Chris rear entrance, admission £3.
ternational diabetes federation and age done to the statue with a view to carrying Johnson, said: “We are moving Teen careers invite
member of the European Parliament. out restoration work as soon as possible.” to a fantastic new base, which
Mr Hallam said: “This is good news The 9ft bronze statue was unveiled in 1996 has been specifically designed
for parents who dread having their by Billy’s widow Joy, who called it ‘a wonderful to cater for 21st century polic- TEENAGERS have been invited to a
children pining for unhealthy sweets work of art.’ It is considered one of the finest ing. As much as we all love the careers event which is taking place in
at checkouts. I just hope every other football statues in the country. site on Steelhouse Lane, it’s West Bromwich.
convenience chain follows suit.” The sculpture depicts the former Wolves and almost 100 years old and strug- The Connexions New Year, New
The Co-op Group told Mr Hallam: England captain – who earned 105 caps for his gling to cope with the demands Start event is at Sandwell College’s
“We will continue to develop the range country – leading out his team. He died in 1994, of modern policing. Central Sixth campus in New Street.
of products on offer and will be guided aged 70. “While we are all quite sen- The event, which runs from 10am
by our customers on this issue.” Mr The campaign to raise a permanent memo- timental about the place, as and 2pm, on January 21, is open to all
Hallam said he would continue to rial to the player was headed by Wolverhamp- a building it doesn’t provide young people aged 14 to 19.
monitor the situation carefully and ton councillor Fred Ledsam. value for money or the facilities For further information visit www.
would be interested to hear whether The £50,000 funding for the statue was A stained glass window at the station The building’s exterior modern police teams need.” connexionssandwell.co.uk
parents thought the ban was helpful. raised by public subscription.
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stole clothes worth more than in foil-lined bags. They first struck London, Nottingham and Milton n
to Netto site £100,000 on a shoplifting spree at the Michael Kors store in the Keynes. scanner arrives d
at designer shops including at the Bullring in January 2015. Birming- It led to 34-year-old Mirela Vasile w
Bullring are now behind bars. ham city centre police then picked and a female accomplice being ar- e
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shoppers. The old Netto store and to avoid losing millions of pounds from its thebramall.co.uk/events/chinese-new-
adjoining buildings were demolished budget. year-concert/
last year. The move will see 48 tented The Government has announced plans to Bright ideas for
stalls and 16 purpose-built cabins relax limits on council tax increases to help
transfer from Market Square. fund social care, meaning bills could rise by as teenage careers
much as six per cent.
Get interactive Sandwell Council has revealed its planned
spending power up to 2020, on the basis that
council tax will rise by the maximum amount. TEENAGERS have been invited to a
on the streets Finance chiefs have budgeted for taking careers event in West Bromwich.
more than £3.5m extra from council tax over The Connexions New Year, New
each of the next three financial years. Start event is at Sandwell College’s
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ley, Oldbury, Smethwick, West Bro- The average Sandwell household currently connexionssandwell.co.uk
mwich, Tipton and Wednesbury into pays £1,390 a year in council tax, with £1,200 Grotto’s £4,000 for
an interactive game with local people going to the council.
rewarded with points and prizes. A six per cent rise would see families paying neo-natal charity
More than 200 beeping and flashing an extra £72 on average.
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their chosen school, community group than £150m since 2010. ta’s Grotto at Northfield Shopping
or as individuals. Even with the proposed council tax rise, the Centre, in Birmingham.
The scheme kicks off on Wednes- council is still on course for a £19m funding People were able to show support
dwawyw F.elebtrsu-daoryth 8i.s .Toorg fi.unkd. out more visit sdhreosrstefadl.l by 2020 which will need to be ad- Jenny Weston, centre, with staff members Vannessa Ilsley, June Mapley, Michelle Gregory and Kylie Turay fFooru tnhdea tBioinrm Tinrguhsta’ms tWinoym beanb’ise sN HbiSg
A budget report due to go to the council THE longest serving manager of June Mapley, deputy manager everyone did. That was down appeal funding the opening of the £7m
Tumble dryer later this month said: “Sandwell’s total fund- a nursing home in Sandwell has at Woodgreen Nursing Home, to her.” From Brownhills, Ms neo-natal unit at the hospital.
ing across the spending review period from retired after 22 years. has known Ms Weston since she Weston received the nation’s top Goon Show in Brum
2015/16 will reduce by 1.2 per cent, assuming For decades Jenny Weston has joined the company in 1992. training accolade in 2002 – the In-
causes shed fire the council agrees to implement the full coun- run Woodgreen Nursing Home in She said: “She really helped vestors in People status when an
cil tax increase to fund cost pressures in adult Wednesbury and the 74-year-old transform the place. It was a res- assessor visited and gave her the A RECREATION of the classic 1950s
social care.” has decided to call time on her idential home before she started award on the spot. radio comedy The Goon Show is com-
FIRE crews were called to a shed fire Last month, the Labour leader of Sandwell award-winning career. and she was hired to turn it into It was her dry sense of humour ing to Birmingham. Two of Spike Mil-
in Oldbury caused by a tumble dry- Council, Steve Eling, admitted a council tax Known for her dry humour a nursing home. and sense of fun which she will be ligan’s scripts will be performed at
er. Eight firefighters tackled the fire rise would have to be considered in order to and approachable demeanour, Ms “She was an assessor and ver- best remembered for by staff and the Midlands Arts Centre, in Cannon
which left the shed completely de- fund social care. Weston would hold weekly sherry ifier – none of the staff had NVQ residents however. “She will be Hill Park, on February 11, at 2.30pm
stroyed last Tuesday afternoon. Par- He claimed the Government was ‘washing its and sing-along evenings in the qualifications before she started really missed as a manager, but and 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 via 0121
amedics checked a female occupier hands’ of social care by making local authori- nursing home. and within a matter of months even more so as a friend.” 446 3232.
over but she did not need treatment. ties pay for it.
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before, not helped by profiteering drug
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who say it is all down to funding, these
people tend to have a stock reply when wonder people thought they were being short-
asked how much extra tax they are pre- Our new £1 won’t just look changed. The reverse designs of the £1 coin
pared to pay. very different, its value is represented the UK and its four constituent
Nothing. It should be somebody else parts – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and
who pays for it. nothing like it was years ago, England and the first series of designs took flo-
Then there are the vast swathes of the as Mark Andrews reports ral emblems as its theme.
population who take the attitude that if a Resistance to the coins turned out to be
service is free to use, they might as well comparatively shortlived, and the last pound
use it. HAD a look at your change lately? notes were phased out in 1988. Besides, there
We’ve all met them. They take a fort- Noticed how many shiny new £1 was far more to complain about in 1990, with
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tion. And rock up at A & E every time they past few months? largely been accepted by the general public, it
get a headache. And shout a lot when Well don’t get too attached to them. By has given birth to another problem. Forgery.
they don’t get immediate attention. October they will cease to be legal tender. From the start, the £1 coin has been forged
A bit like middle-aged men who think A new, 12-sided £1 coin – designed by Wal- on a prolific scale, Ironically, one of the rea-
a charity for the elderly should do their sall teenager David Pearce – will enter circu- sons the coins proved so popular with forgers
home improvements. lation on March 28, and by October 15 the was the ease of disposing of them in vending
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has familiar round pound will be no more. Given machines.
come in for a lot of stick for suggesting that there are thought to be 1.5 billion of these Surveys by the Royal Mint have estimated
the four-hour waiting targets should only coins in circulation, it is going to be a very big that up to three in every 100 £1 coins are
apply to people with urgent conditions, operation. fakes, and this has been a major driver in the
but I tend to think it is a fair point. When the pound coin was introduced on redesign. David Gauke, chief secretary to the
If people expect Bupa standards of April 21, 1983, the response was muted to say Treasury, has pledged that the new £1 coin
healthcare, we are going to have to start the least. Just 10 months earlier, the 20p piece will be harder to forge than ever before.
paying Bupa prices. All of us. Otherwise, had been introduced, with many consumers, Lighter
we are going to need a mature debate particularly the older generation, complaining
about what we can reasonably expect that it was too small – smaller than the 2p, 5p The new coin will be made from two met-
from the NHS. or 10p coins of the day, for example. als, with a gold-coloured outer ring and a sil-
And it might mean that while priority is Inflation Walsall youngster David Pearce whose design was chosen from 6,000 competition entries ver-coloured inner ring. It has an image that
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Back in 1967, when prime minister Harold Britain, there had been a not-especially-suc- least 40 years. The number of early £1 coins While the existing pound coin has changed
A LOT has been made of the number of Wilson famously assured us that the pound in cessful trial in the Isle of Man. Many people still in circulation is testament to their dura- little since 1983, people’s spending habits
celebrity deaths over recent months, but our pockets had not been devalued, a £1 note refused to acknowledge the new coin, causing bility. have, with greater use of plastic and the in-
none has made me sadder than that of would have bought a discounted winter coat in them to more or less disappear from circula- Unsurprisingly, the vending trade was very ternet.
former Villa, Wolves and England manag- the sale at Shrewsbury’s ABC Warehouse. Or tion. The Manx Treasurer was left with little supportive of the move, too, as it allowed ma- According to figures from the Payments
er Graham Taylor. failing that, it would be enough to pay for 10 choice but to print a new batch of £1 notes. chines to be adapted to accept larger amounts Council, cold hard cash accounted for 86 per
Maybe it’s because football is a bigger loaves of bread, or six pints of beer in a pub. The original £1 coin was designed by the of money. The launch of the new coin also co- cent of payments in the UK in the mid-1980s,
part of my life than film, television or mu- But by the time the pound coin arrived in Bank of England’s chief engraver Eric Sewell, incided with the growth of pay-and-display car but by 2011 this had dropped to 55 per cent.
sic. 1983, it did not go so far – enough to buy a who was very proud of his new design. He parking machines. The decline in cash usage has coincided with
But maybe it is because the loss of the single pint of Carling Black Label, or five pints said it was very distinctive and could easily Given the pound’s origins, it is perhaps not the rise in automated payments such as direct
bright young manager who arrived at Villa of milk. be picked out from lesser coins in a purse or surprising that some people felt the small coin debits and standing orders.
Park in 1987 reminds us of our own mor- Today, it will typically buy two pints of milk, pocket of change. But on launch day it was re- had cheapened its value. The oldest currency Debit cards made up almost one fifth of pay-
tality. or a single loaf of bread. But forget a trip to ported that some critics said they would spend in the world, the pound took its name from ments by 2011, but they made none when the
Either way, he will be greatly missed. your local – a typical pint is now nearer £4. it like loose change because that was precisely its weight in silver during Norman times – £1 coin was first introduced because the debit
As far back as 1980, the Royal Mint ob- what it was. 240 old silver pennies weighed one pound. No card was not brought in until 1987.
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