Sentences with word «decimalisation»

Her portrait of Queen Elizabeth II became the image of the new Queen on all British and Commonwealth coinage until decimalisation in 1971.

However it isn't that simple and the ratios don't always work out, possibly due to the advent of decimalisation and also due to the different coatings and shapes used for modern beads.

It remained in circulation until decimalisation in 1971.

A tin of Heinz «Ready to Serve» kidney soup, which dates to before decimalisation in 1971, has been donated to Cardiff Foodbank.

Loved them whilst enjoying the old Highbury catering facilites of the day — actually a line bloke walking the terraces selling «Peanuts — tanner a bag», in the tanner's final year before being doomed by decimalisation.

Initially, they list major government successes, including the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act, the 1967 Road Safety Act, 1971's Decimalisation, the 1980 Housing Act, the 1982 Employment Act, the 1984 Trade Union Act, the 1988 MMR vaccination, the Citizen's Charter, 1999's Minimum Wage, the 2006 Smoking Ban in Health Act and the 2012 London Olympics.

• Notable Events and Happenings — Facebook launched, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth, Monopoly Board game went on sale, Mary Queen of Scots executed, Sir Francis Drake sailed Pacific, decimalisation of English currency, fox hunting with hounds banned, Pluto discovered, Polaroid Land Camera launched, Bank of England issued first # 1 note, nylon was made.