When I was a young boy, my mother set me a challenge. It was during the long school holiday one year, and she was hoping to keep me busy and out of her way.
The challenge was that if I did a certain amount of housework and errands over the following seven days, I would be rewarded with ten shillings.
Ten shillings was a lot of money back then, in the early 1970s. It was equal to fifty pence today, but it bought you a lot more.
For a young boy, it was a big deal, and I would either be paid in coins or a “ten bob” banknote.
