A lovable couple .. while it lasted

[gibbo]

5 March 1921

LIGHTNING MATRIMONY. A woman seeking a separation told the Dudley magistrate that last June she and her husband were married in the morning they quarreled immediately after the ceremony; parted in the afternoon, and had lived apart ever since.
The husband was ordered to pay his wife 5s a week


I would like to know what they argued about :2fun::2fun:

 

[horse]

I'd like to know why he was ordered to pay 5s per week. Sounds like a precedent for an easy 5 bob a week.. :2fun: :biggrin:

 

[gibbo]

AND also how long did he have to pay that for.

How much was 5s anyway

 

[horse]

Hellooooooooooooo Gibbooooooooooooooo

20 Shillings to the pound (£), so about 25 GB pence in today's money. A bob is/was colloquial for a shilling..

 

[gibbo]

Hellooooooooooooo Jethroooooooo :biggrin:

I changed your name just for this post cause Geoff didnt suit all the "O"s >

I would still like to know what they argued about, it must have been good to call the marriage quits the same day :2fun::2fun:
Tho i dont know why he had to pay her when they may not have even lived together

 

[horse]

Hellooooooooooooo Jethroooooooo :biggrin:

I would still like to know what they argued about, it must have been good to call the marriage quits the same day :2fun::2fun:
Tho i dont know why he had to pay her when they may not have even lived together

Exactly, I would agree.. I wonder if the marriage was consumated, maybe that was the difference.

I guess in the 1920's equality wasn't an issue, perhaps men had a responsibility to maintain the family in any circumstance. As far as I was aware maintenance payments were only paid if a child was involved

 

[gibbo]

Oh why didnt they print the names in the paper, we could have had a sticky:2fun::2fun:

 

[horse]

hahaha... May be worth hearing points of view from others > :2fun:

 

[gibbo]

1920 they were married Re last June quoted in the article.

So why go to court in March 1921 seeking a separation

They could have had the marriage annulled couldnt they Maybe there was a child involved like you mentioned.

Can we dissect this article any further :2fun::2fun:

 

[horse]

Ah! I didn't realise that they had been apart for year before it was brought to court... I recommend some Dave Ham input.. :2fun: >

 

[horse]

He knows about disfunctional families... :2fun: :2fun:

 

[gibbo]

He knows about disfunctional families... :2fun: :2fun:

:2fun::2fun::2fun:

 

[leefer]

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm

I just remember old currency Gibbo...looking at this it was a good thing they changed it to decimal.

I once remember a man telling me he had the threepenny bits....which is cockney rhyming slang for....well i will let you guess

 

[gibbo]

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm

I just remember old currency Gibbo...looking at this it was a good thing they changed it to decimal.

I once remember a man telling me he had the threepenny bits....which is cockney rhyming slang for....well i will let you guess

And i bet you knew i would google it? :2fun::2fun:
I did alter the meaning a little >

threepenny bit
"Lee ate bad food and got a terrible case of the threepenny bits"

 

[leefer]

:biggrin::biggrin:

As a kid i remember the threepenny bit,looked a bit like gold to me and i once found one on the way to school.

I spent it on broken biscuits from Dairyfresh the bakers.

 

[joaning]

I would imagine 5 shillings would have been a fair amount back then, could we look up Dudley marriages for June 1920?? Might be a big ask though.

I'll get cracking on it ...see you in a month:biggrin::biggrin:

We had slang for all the pre decimal currency.

Ha'penny--halfpenny
penny--1 penny
tuppence-- 2 pennies
trey--three pence
Zack--five pence coin
bob--1 shilling coin
deener--2 shillings coin
ten bob--ten shilling note
quid-- one pound note
fiver or fiddy---five pound note
tenner--ten pound note

 

[gibbo]

:2fun::2fun: A month, bit of positive thinking there Joan.

 

[DaveHam9]

That 'five pence coin' would be worth a bit now. :2fun:

2x three pence =

 

[p.risboy]

5 shillings = 60 pennies = 240 farthings = 2 and half Florins = 2 half crowns(30pennies) = 4.2 of a guinea.:2fun:

 

[joaning]

That 'five pence coin' would be worth a bit now. :2fun:

2x three pence =

Thanks Dave, for pointing out my dysfunctional brain snap. I could have sworn I had a couple of them tucked a way, but no, they were 6 penny coins. Drat!