A question for my British readers: 1/6d?

[randy_byers]

Does the phrase "1/6d tickets" mean anything to you? This is from Steve Stiles' TAFF report. He is on a double-decker bus with Bill Burns, and he writes, "A conductor came up and asked us our destination. Two 1/6d tickets were purchased, and I wondered at that as it seemed that there must be easy ways to beat the system, getting more mileage for your money." Steve doesn't remember what 1/6d means (or meant), and I've never run into it before.

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[dougs.livejournal.com]

I still occasionally refer to the new 50p piece as a "ten bob bit", because we used to have a ten bob note when we had the old money.