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 : The first all-decimal shop


The first all-decimal shop

Slightly bewildered Croydon lady, getting to grips with Britain's new decimal currency in April 1970, in the first all- Decimal shop in West Croydon. The shop became part of a familiarisation scheme in a prelude to D-Day on 15 February 1971

Picture No
13541059
Media ID
47818680
Size
5433px x 4016px (3.5MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - original print
Date
1971

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