In 2023, the BBC highlighted how crisp packets originating from the 1960s were discovered washed ashore on a Norfolk beach, ...

A refuse collector has provided the definitive answer on which bin you should use to throw away your empty crisp packets and ...

And to mark the occasion, we have produced a stunning souvenir special - the Boys of '66. From goalkeeper through to ...

ITV in the far South West… It was on this day in 1961 that the telly world of ITV arrived for the west country. When Westward ...

It was a jingle that became firmly stuck in the minds of people across Australia. In come the dollars, and in come the cents. To replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence. Set to the tune of ...

Brits are being encouraged to search for an uncommon UK coin that could be valued significantly above its face value. This particular piece, dating back to 1952, might fetch upwards of £65. The coin ...

A coin expert has taken to social media to issue a stark warning about the risk of scammers when it comes to buying or selling rare coins. Coin influencer @CoinCollectingWizard has revealed that a ...

Tucked away on a quiet street in Saltash, Cornwall, is a store unlike any other in Britain - a perfectly preserved corner shop frozen in the early 1970s, where shillings once jingled in customers' ...

A Crunchie chocolate bar wrapper from the 1960s, was discovered at Cambridge University Library by workers dismantling shelves. The sweet treat, which cost a sixpence (6d), had been stashed behind ...

As the country prepared for the end of pounds, shilling and pence, Ribble Buses found an innovative use for four double-deckers which had reached the end of the line. The bus company converted them ...

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The Royal Mint is slowly releasing the new set of Kind Charles coins into circulation. The coins, emblazoned with the new Monarch's face, mark the biggest change to UK coinage since decimalisation.