Forty years ago on Tuesday it was D-Day. No not that D-Day – the other one – Decimal Day. Over-night, a system of currency essentially in use since Roman times was swept away. Instead of 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound to make 240 pennies in a pound, the shilling [...]
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Monday night, myself and Mr 0tralala braved the cold to make some astronomical observations. Were taking the GCSE in Astronomy at the moment, spending two hours a week at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for lessons. The coursework deadline is rapidly approaching and it doesn’t help that our endeavours have been hampered by the British winter weather – [...]
