Pound coins and shopping trolleys

[andabby]

Old 5p used to make good German dm. In cig and bear machines. Nroken and curled matchsticks make adequate £1 coins for trollies

And in the telephones

 

[classic33]

And in the telephones

Whataphones?

 

[andabby]

Whataphones?

In the olden days before pockets, we had to go into a pee smelling cubicle to use a phone.
Was a bit of a barsteward taking selfies mind.

 

[classic33]

In the olden days before pockets, we had to go into a pee smelling cubicle to use a phone.
Was a bit of a barsteward taking selfies mind.

We had small yellow box shaped objects, into which a pre-card was inserted.

Usually these were located on the street, near junctions, atop a short steel pole(saved having to kneel down I suppose).

 

[andabby]

We had small yellow box shaped objects, into which a pre-card was inserted.

Usually these were located on the street, near junctions, atop a short steel pole(saved having to kneel down I suppose).

We did have those hood things too, not the pre-paid card do-daas though. They might have been invented after the 5p scandal of the mid-80s.
Think they were high on a pole to stop anyone peeing in them.

 

[classic33]

What are we supposed to put in shopping trolleys when the round pound coins are withdrawn from circulation in October?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...pound-coin-12618012?google_editors_picks=true

Shopping trolleys at Tesco's biggest supermarkets will be left unlocked when the new £1 coin is released on Tuesday.

The company said it was an "interim" measure while it carries out work to replace the locks on its trolleys to take the new 12-sided coins.

Fewer than 200 of Tesco's 3,500 UK stores have trolleys which need a coin or keyring token to use them.

Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have said their trolleys accept both the old coins and tokens and the new ones.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39383535