50 quid note from a cash machine!

[Chromatic]

I had one of the first cards issued. It was a midland bank card, which allowed 10 withdrawals of £10.

I often wish I'd saved all my bank cards. They would be worth something now, as everybody destroys them as soon as they get a replacement.

I had those cards from the Midland too.

 

[Chromatic]

And in those days £10 was more than enough for a night in town with mates.

 

[Sharky]

And in those days £10 was more than enough for a night in town with mates.

Yep, my first job I had was for the grand sum of £561 per year.

 

[Mr Celine]

The worst were Scottish £100 notes when I worked in retail as a student in 1990s.

That was a scary note when you worked in Surrey didn’t know Scotland even had an £100 note and hadn’t a clue what to do with it.

Last day of my summer job 1983, due 2 weeks pay plus bonus. My pay packet had £151.04 written on the front but felt suspiciously thin. It contained the correct amount in three notes and two coins.
It was a Saturday so the banks were shut. No one had see a £100 note before and no one would take a £50 note due to the number of forgeries around. Even in 1983 £1.04 was not going to go far on the end of season piss up, I had to go home and borrow some cash from my dad!

 

[NorthernSky]

trying to get a fiver is hard work never mind from a cash machine, congrats

 

[stephec]

And in those days £10 was more than enough for a night in town with mates.

Indeed, when I first started going out £5.00 would get eight pints.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Indeed, when I first started going out £5.00 would get eight pints.

A few of us vowed never to drink in the Two Puddings, Stratford east London once because they were charging 20p for a pint of bitter.

Old, me????

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Back in the early 80's, one of my jobs was to load the cash dispensers (never referred to as ATMs in the "industry" in those days).

Woe betide if you loaded any of the notes without the Queen's Head upwards, the Chief Cashier, who had worked there since c1758, would go mad.

Funny thing is, I get annoyed, on the odd occasion I get money out now, and the notes come "back to front" etc., "Don't they know what they're bloody doing?!" ...... 45 years later I've turned into "Ol' Fred".

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Funny thing is, I get annoyed, on the odd occasion I get money out now, and the notes come "back to front" etc., "Don't they know what they're bloody doing?!" ...... 45 years later I've turned into "Ol' Fred".

That drives me mad too. When I worked in the shop my first job whenever I took over from someone was to go through the till and turn all the notes the right way up.

And don't get me started on finding a 5p in the 20P compartment.

 

[Beebo]

Who remembers this classic advert.
Like loading a photocopier, except the paper is more expensive.


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