Decimal day may be Desperate

... Decimal day may be Desperate D-DAY for Britain is February 15, 1971, but the D could stand for desperation for many firms. They face the shortage of a severe shortage of business machines capable of handling the new currency. Many firms are leaving the ...

Published: Thursday 24 September 1970
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Getting set for decimal day

... Getting set for decimal day Lost children THOUGH a total of 741 children were safely recovered from the lost children's centre in Viking Bay last summer, it is a grave reflection on parents that so ninny children wander out of their sight. That was the ...

Published: Friday 16 October 1970
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 385 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

On decimal day the game is up

... On decimal day the game is up ON February 15 next year, the day when Britain goesdecimal. charges for games facilities operated by the G.L.C. are being raised, sometimes by asmuch as 100 Der cent. Higher wages and increases in other costs over the last ...

Published: Thursday 16 July 1970
Newspaper: Acton Gazette
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 257 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Decimal day bread prices problem

... Decimal day bread prices problem Conversion to decimal currency next February will bring difficulties in fixing bread prices, says a Prices and Incomes Board report issued yesterday. If rounding up and down of prices follows officfal guidelines, major ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1970
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

STORE HAS NO DECIMAL DAY WORRIES

... STORE HAS NO DECIMAL DAY WORRIES DECIMAL day is Jjust four months away — but for the stafl at Peterborough's llalford’s store it should be the non-event of 1971 For they have been having hour-long lessons in decimalication every Tuesday morning for the ...

Published: Wednesday 14 October 1970
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

mommomemmi• a Decimal Day 15241

... Decimal Day 15241 Irish Decimal Currenc/ Board / St Martin's House / Waterloo Road / Dublin 4 / Telephone 65491 ...

Published: Friday 25 September 1970
Newspaper: Sligo Champion
County: Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 20 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

D (for decimal) Day no need to worry

... D (for decimal) Day no need to worry By NOEL MOORE, Secretary, Decimal Currency Board RESEARCH shows that eight out of ten shops will go decimal on D Day, Monday, 15th February, 1971, or soon afterwards, and most shoppers will quickly adjust to the new ...

Published: Friday 20 November 1970
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 412 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

44 • 4 _...,..._, Preparing for Decimal Day

... • 4 _,_, Preparing for Decimal Day , MEMBERS of St. Peter's Flouting the law Afternoon Townswomen's Guild were given decimal cur- Raiders broke into the offices rency calculators and handed !of Boys and Maughan , solicitors. new decimal coins to ...

Published: Wednesday 30 September 1970
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
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Decimal Day is going to be one big laugh

... Decimal Day is going to be one big laugh. If you've already been in touch with NCR, you'll be laughing, of course. Or if you get in touch with us now. But leave it too late and you'll be sorry one day. (15 February, 1971, to be precise.) Because the fact ...

Published: Tuesday 10 March 1970
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Decimal Day is going to be one big laugh

... Decimal Day is going to be one big laugh. If you've already been in touch with But if you take our advice, you'll do one NCR, you'll be laughing, of course. of two things now: Or if you get in touch with us now. Arrange now for conversion of your But ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1970
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 195 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

(Decimal Day . EXPORTS TOP £lOO MILLION

... (Decimal Day EXPORTS TOP £lOO MILLION Macy-Ferguavn !United Kingdom) and Perkins achieved a record LlOO nfLitin worth of exports from the United Kingdom in 1969. Ihis is 112 million up on the Preiou, 3etr. Pi,: two companies-- K:4i ni:mtxr, of the mu ...

Published: Friday 13 February 1970
Newspaper: Sligo Champion
County: Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Traders ‘Play shops’ at Decimal Day teach-in

... Traders ‘Play shops’ at Decimal Day teach-in TRADERS from all over East Anglia “played shops” at Peterborough’s Angel Hotel yesterday. They were taking part In a teach-in to prepare for Decimalisation Day — February 15 next year. Members of the Chamber‘ ...

Published: Friday 16 October 1970
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 19 | Tags: none