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The Florin

the florin im sure was spring hill way, i used to go in there because i knew the drummer that played in there.
 
The Florin coin value 2 shillings = 10 = 1 pound was an attempt to decimalise Lsd many years ago i can`t put year to it. Len.
 
HI JULES
MAGGIE IS QUITE Right Is Was THE Brook field Shopping Centre Around The 70s
I THINK It Was Built And It Was Yards FromThe Springill Libary And Its Gone
It Was Built On The Land Of Sid Cleggs Fruit And Veg , Stoddards The Butchers And A Very OLD Tobbaccanist ,And One Of Mossys Old Watering Hole , Ha Ha,In Is Yonger Days .I Went To Spring Hill The Other Day To Capture sOME Pics Of The Old Boozers But One Or Two Have Gone I WILL Put Them OnIn The Next Day Or Two ,
Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;
 
the florin was on / or near the corner of camden street and icknield street and no longer exists, had a bad reputation was closed by the police and then demolished.

regards annie
 
lencops said:
The Florin coin value 2 shillings = 10 = 1 pound was an attempt to decimalise Lsd many years ago i can`t put year to it. Len.
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Hi Len,

Original Pattern Florin produced in 1848. General issue started 1849.
A very stylish silver piece in stark contrast to the cupro-nickel rubbish
of the mid 20th Century.

Dave
 
lencops said:
The Florin coin value 2 shillings = 10 = 1 pound was an attempt to decimalise Lsd many years ago i can`t put year to it. Len.
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From Wikipedia:
"In 1847 a motion was introduced in Parliament calling for the introduction of a decimal currency and the striking of coins of one-tenth and one-hundredth of a pound. The motion was subsequently withdrawn on the understanding that a one-tenth pound coin would be produced to test public opinion. There was considerable discussion about what the coin should be called, with centum, decade, and dime being among the suggestions, before florin was eventually settled upon, partly because of its connection with old English coinage, and partly because other European countries also had coins of approximately the same size and weight called florins."
 
Hi Ditto, sorry no I haven’t drank in the Dingle Northfields or the Trees Bristol Road. We would go to the Florin for special occasions.
 
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