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Can anyone recommend a good history website or even a YouTube video about that time in England. I’m really curious about it now. And, I have a lot of trouble with math, but I’m just wondering was 1 pound like 100 pounds today? And 100 shillings were in 1 pound, and then 100 pants were in one shilling? I think I’m confused here…

www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

This is a better inflation calculator than the previous one linked to.

I worked in a bar in 1971 before the changeover
Beer was 1/10d a pint and Guinness was 1/11d
Imagine totting up a round in your head
And I did..no wonder I’m good at mental arithmetic..still

Suddenly things got very expensive after the changeover to decimal currency. Everyone complained about it. It was like our pounds had been halved to ten shillings.
Yes we had a 10 Bob note...that was a lot of money..you look art a 50p piece these days and it doesn’t compare.
I worked in woolies in 1967 on a Saturday when I was 15
Four hours hard labour on my feet all the time got me ten shillings
Then another back breaking four hours in the afternoon made up the other ten shillings of my one pound wage.

There was a bbc documentary about Jack the Ripper earlier this year, which is still on iPlayer - you might find it interesting
Jack the Ripper - The Case Reopened: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0003wdk via @bbciplayer

The old penny was written d but 6d was sixpence

From Latin LSD-librae,(£) solidi, (s) anddenarii (d)

It really wasn't difficult.

I assume the OP won't know about ounces, pounds, stones, cwt and tons either?

16 ounces (oz) to the pound
14 pounds (lbs) to the stone
8 stones (112lbs) stones to the hundredweight (cwt)
20 cwts to a ton

Or 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 1760 yardsto amile.

20 fluid ounces to a pint, 8 pints to a gallon.

I worked in a bar in 1971 before the changeover
Beer was 1/10d a pint and Guinness was 1/11d
Imagine totting up a round in your head
And I did..no wonder I’m good at mental arithmetic..still

I was 12 but I agree with you re mental arithmetic. We didn't have calculators and you were expected to do mental arithmetic. I worked in bars all through university and obviously adding decimal prices is much easier but I was still expected to keep a running mental total in my head. The till didn't add it up.

I worked in a bar in 1971 before the changeover
Beer was 1/10d a pint and Guinness was 1/11d
Imagine totting up a round in your head

3/9 for one beer and one Guinness?

I was only 2 when we went decimal so don't really remember the money but I still prefer imperial weights and measures.