GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa Station: gwrls885a

Close up of image 'gwr885' looking towards the junction between Lower Avenue and Old Warwick Road with excavation work on the left. According to the sign at the entrance on the extreme right the cars parked would have paid 1/- per day. Pre-decimal currency which used pounds, shilling and pence would be displayed on price tags using the forward slash / to separate the pounds from the shillings and pence. As an example 5 pounds, six shillings and 11 pence would be displayed as £5/6/11. A dash would be used when no unit was used hence 1/- for one shilling no pence. In instances where only pence would be charged then this would be displayed for say eleven pence as either, -/11 or 11d. In old currency there were 20 shillings to a pound and 12 pennies to a shilling. In 1971 when decimilisation was brought in a shilling was the equivalent to 5 New Pence.

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