Property News · January 20, 2017

Scots can enjoy the best of exchange rates | Brief letters


Scottish £1 note | Women’s boxes | Beware small mouths | Anglo-Saxon beginnings | Weetabix with margarine and golden syrupAs an Englishman resident in Scotland for more than 50 years, I have never felt the slightest “shame … reserved for those who try to spend Scottish notes south of the border” (Time to cash in, G2, 18 January). I have, however, on two occasions, handed over a Royal Bank of Scotland £1 note in England and been offered change for a fiver.Sebastian RobinsonGlasgow• The passing of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the former England women’s cricket captain, (Report, 19 January) reminds me of her wonderful reply when asked if women wore protective boxes, the same as male cricketers do. Yes, she said, but we call them man-hole covers.Chris GrantHarold Wood, Essex Continue reading…

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