tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post574571030459495740..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: “Think of the poor whiting, Bill”Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-4114074551380420702007-04-28T04:04:00.000+01:002007-04-28T04:04:00.000+01:00My ancient mother remembers (just) selling headles...My ancient mother remembers (just) selling headless cod at 4/6 a stone (for the young: 4 shillings and 6 pence, 22 and a half pence in today's coinage, for 14 pounds weight, 6.4 kilos in today's other coinage). Those were the days when a Yorkshire fish fryer would not fry anything less than haddock, and they fried it in dripping.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com