constanius Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Spending a penny is an english euphemism for going to the washroom, because for a long time the charge to enter a cubicle in the english lavatories was 1 penny. Here are two 'emergency pennies' which I acquired from the Feathers Public House in the mid sixties. Only taken me 40+ years to post, but then the internet did not exist, along with cell phones etc. How did we manage!!! Because they are still sealed I do not know their dates. I think it was between 1964-1966 when I frequented the Feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 That's a neat piece of history. Nice items to have in your collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 That's where the term "break the seal" comes from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Excellent pieces of lavatory history! Also very interesting to know that a collector in Canada has items that are from a pub just five miles away from where I am typing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 cool never seen that before.. sort of and the location on the map is sort of appropriate to the item Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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