tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post2831719471214699229..comments2024-03-22T22:36:16.889+00:00Comments on MILD & MELLOW MELANCHOLY MUSINGS...: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE VANISHING HA'PENNY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-34329421114338561192015-06-10T01:25:13.607+01:002015-06-10T01:25:13.607+01:00A bird would've had to be a pretty good aimer ...A bird would've had to be a pretty good aimer to hit it where it was positioned, but I washed it anyway. (And the rainy weather in Scotland tends to keep things clean-ish to begin with.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-47679660984325656632015-06-09T23:41:02.782+01:002015-06-09T23:41:02.782+01:00I hope you washed it. Imagine all the bird sh*te a...I hope you washed it. Imagine all the bird sh*te and dog pish (if it was low enough) it may have withstood over the years. Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-74655499812546415482015-06-09T14:22:08.015+01:002015-06-09T14:22:08.015+01:00You're still missing the point, CJ. Its days w...You're still missing the point, CJ. Its days were numbered anyway. The concrete surround was crumbling and the bridge was due for repair. If I hadn't 'liberated' it, it would've been lost forever. This way, it lives on - and when I tell people I know who remember it, they're glad to know it wasn't consigned to oblivion. Anyway, I'm its 'legal' guardian now, and not even the 'A' Team could wrest it from me.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-43114246121708154222015-06-09T13:59:36.860+01:002015-06-09T13:59:36.860+01:00Kid, you are spot on in what I meant. But does the...Kid, you are spot on in what I meant. But does the ha'penny still mean the same when it's been removed ? It just becomes a corroded coin - it was its' position on the bridge as a local landmark that made it notable, no ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-15650253868964981132015-06-09T11:27:09.013+01:002015-06-09T11:27:09.013+01:00Exactly, Chris. Although, to be fair to CJ, I don&...Exactly, Chris. Although, to be fair to CJ, I don't think he was suggesting I was a thief, but that the ha'penny, in not belonging to anybody, sort of belonged to everybody, so did I feel guilty for denying them being able to see it. It was going to disappear anyway 'though, even without my intervention.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-30500550194091996892015-06-09T06:29:52.384+01:002015-06-09T06:29:52.384+01:00I don't think you were a thief here. That ha&#...I don't think you were a thief here. That ha'penny belonged to nobody for the past three decades.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-91468410548533543392015-06-09T04:15:40.454+01:002015-06-09T04:15:40.454+01:00Let's look at the pertinent facts which I rela...Let's look at the pertinent facts which I related in some detail, shall we? Bridge was in need of repair and ha'penny was in danger of either becoming detached from its position or being covered over when bridge was cosmetically patched up (as it now has been). So I rescue local landmark and preserve it for posterity and show photos (you did see the photos I presume) on my blog. Do I feel guilty for taking it and thereby saving it from certain oblivion? The answer to that would have to be a 'no', CJ.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-55111631231979339452015-06-08T23:14:04.549+01:002015-06-08T23:14:04.549+01:00Kid, if that ha'penny was a local landmark don...Kid, if that ha'penny was a local landmark don't you feel a bit guilty about taking it ? As Christopher suggests, you could just have taken a photo. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-11979841134089659302015-06-08T02:43:40.350+01:002015-06-08T02:43:40.350+01:00With me, it's trees, lampposts and buildings -...With me, it's trees, lampposts and buildings - and anything else that was around in my youth.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-91466282885751922082015-06-08T02:15:13.605+01:002015-06-08T02:15:13.605+01:00For me its the little things like skeleton keyhole...For me its the little things like skeleton keyholes! I know a junior high near me with a few left.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-41117607843642334292015-06-08T01:47:44.531+01:002015-06-08T01:47:44.531+01:00Good thinking, Chris. I've lost count of the t...Good thinking, Chris. I've lost count of the times I've seen something (like an old building or a tree, or something) that I wanted to record for posterity, and by the time I got back along with my camera a few days later, it was gone.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-20501969916489842432015-06-07T22:14:26.938+01:002015-06-07T22:14:26.938+01:00There's that, or I managed to get a picture ta...There's that, or I managed to get a picture taken of it in time. For the past 15 years that's what I've been doing with digital cameras of any sort (nowadays a cell phone cam). That way I have photographic evidence to back up whatever I say on the matter.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-72017503287526578612015-06-07T11:57:59.623+01:002015-06-07T11:57:59.623+01:00At least they still survive in your head, Chris. N...At least they still survive in your head, Chris. Nurture them.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-73139156376205924832015-06-07T10:42:29.327+01:002015-06-07T10:42:29.327+01:00Wished I had thought of that for all the memories ...Wished I had thought of that for all the memories I wanted to save.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-460178184529002192015-06-07T00:50:20.417+01:002015-06-07T00:50:20.417+01:00Thanks, Chris. I made it a mission to rescue that ...Thanks, Chris. I made it a mission to rescue that ha'penny before it disappeared forever. (That's why I had the right tools on me.) It's part of my childhood and I couldn't let it vanish into oblivion. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-55629744014217242002015-06-07T00:01:54.904+01:002015-06-07T00:01:54.904+01:00There's a story well told (of course you had t...There's a story well told (of course you had to be the one to tell it)!<br /><br />I often see pennies stuck in the gravel and concrete of many places but never could ever get them out for not having the right tools on me, they're just going to be stuck there for years to come.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-17240526660776762842015-06-05T18:06:09.578+01:002015-06-05T18:06:09.578+01:00There was a later ha'penny as well, CJ (1970 I...There was a later ha'penny as well, CJ (1970 I think, but I'd have to check), but it was never in circulation, being available only in a Royal Mint sealed set. I'll maybe show my coin and note collection on the blog one day. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847913448724143443.post-11515226330275543272015-06-05T15:10:53.623+01:002015-06-05T15:10:53.623+01:00About 20 years ago my father was in his shed and h...About 20 years ago my father was in his shed and he found a penny dated 1797 - it was very badly worn and in poor condition but you still see George III on one side and Britannia on the other. We were baffled how such a coin ended up in his garden shed !! About 3 years later I was in a market and I saw a coin on display (at a Butcher's stall of all places) and it was the same coin - a penny from 1797 only this one was in excellent condition. I've got a ha'penny dated 1967 with a sailing ship on it - I believe that was the final year before the decimal ha'penny came in ( I know decimalisation was 1971 but they started introducing the new decimal coins in 1968).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com