The admission is 6/- (though I’ll admit I don’t know what /- means?). (The full-sized version of the poster is on Patreon.)
Ted like the Talks
6/- is 6 shillings (each shilling is 1/20th of a pound) and 0 pence (12 pence to a shilling, 240 to a pound). If a pound in 1963 was a bit over 4 dollars, admission would be around $1.25 in 1963 dollars.
Ted like the Talks
Sorry, just checked historically — in 1963 the pound was on average about $2.80. So 6/20ths of that would have been $0.80.
A British Pound was worth $2.80 in 1963 US dollars. This was a fixed exchange rate in an era of fixed exchange rates. (Also in those days anyone NOT a US citizen could exchange US dollars for a fixed mount of silver or gold bullion. The More You Know …) In today’s dollars, 6/- in 1963 British money would be worth $7.08. Kinda cheap compared with club cover charges nowadays but times were tougher back then.
TW
I’m surprised no one else has really detailed the meaning of “/-” in 6/-. There were 12 pence in a shilling and that is what would go to the right of the slash. So 2/6 was spoken as “two and six” and meant “Two shillings and six pence”; no one would have dreamed of saying “two and a half shillings”. If the value was an exact number of shillings then the /- meant “and no pence”.
In order to confuse foreign spies and generations as yet unborn, the abbreviation for “pound” was “L”, normally written in a florid fashion as “£” like a Coca-Cola logo, the abbreviation for “pence” was “d”, and shillings were “s” in order to break the pattern of there being no pattern.
Like the Imperial weights and measures system, this was excellent for mental arithmetic involving division, not too bad for addition and subtraction, and a bugger for multiplication (although it was fairly easy to calculate 5% of any price, which had a deep historical value long lost by the 1960s).
Usurped and/or sabotaged, based on that earlier description of a series of strange misfortunes… I’m betting that some bitter Dreamer, or an obsessive fan, got hold of some means of time travel and decided to “make things right”.
I know that in /our/ timeline, the Beatles were wearing “Teddy Boy” suits by 1963, but wasn’t that at Brian Epstein’s suggestion? Is he their manager already in this timeline?
I did extensive (I know this is hard to believe) research of the huge volume of candid and stage photography of the Beatles in 63 and while I may have had to elide some facts and make others up, how they appear in this story is essentially how they looked.
Any future questions that use the word “timeline” are banned
Behold, we have entered the era of HIGH CONTRAST ART, where the vague pastiche of chromatism is discarded for the direct and unmistakable play of light and shadow, foreground and back, substance and space. Each thing stands alone by its shadow; no detail is lost in ochres and umbers, no surface without consequence is conjured into prominence by extreme saturation; color remains where it always is, ideal, fundamental and in the very soul of man — but unseen in the image. Man must know where the color is and therefore see it there, he will not be baited into perception!
Also I never realized that Lennon was that much taller than the rest, I always thought he was a midget. Shows how much I payed attention to those music videos
43 comments on “Flippin’ SCREAM!”
Sean K.
“Ample room to Jive n’ Twist”
Joe King
Was life in black and white back then?
Ross Webster
Either that or Richard Lester is directing this segment.
Rob Cottingham
In this timeline, Shelley is colourblind.
Rabisch
Awesome expressions and style ♡.
Dr. Boots' List
It’s due to a filming technique popularly used by Truffaut, known as “A Hard Day For Night”.
Sean K.
I believe you have just won the Internet.
PlasticInsect
Yes, it’s confusing. I had always understood that the world changed from back and white to color way back in the 1930’s: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2014/11/09
Urbane Gorilla
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips.
Douglas
I’m glad someone brought that up because it means I don’t have to go find it on the interwebs.
Scott Bieser
That’s just in the movies.
Ross Webster
Can I just what a brilliant idea it was to do a story about the Beatles if they did not reach their legendary status?
Ross Webster
So I’m assuming Stuart Sutcliffe still died in Hamburg in this continuum?
Dean
Oooh, the Eggtones!
Neil Willcox
Very exctiing, though I can’t make out how much the admission is. If it’s more tha 5/- then I probably can’t go 🙁
Dean
It’s 1963, you can probably still pay with ration coupons.
Brian Perler
The admission is 6/- (though I’ll admit I don’t know what /- means?). (The full-sized version of the poster is on Patreon.)
Ted like the Talks
6/- is 6 shillings (each shilling is 1/20th of a pound) and 0 pence (12 pence to a shilling, 240 to a pound). If a pound in 1963 was a bit over 4 dollars, admission would be around $1.25 in 1963 dollars.
Ted like the Talks
Sorry, just checked historically — in 1963 the pound was on average about $2.80. So 6/20ths of that would have been $0.80.
Scott Bieser
A British Pound was worth $2.80 in 1963 US dollars. This was a fixed exchange rate in an era of fixed exchange rates. (Also in those days anyone NOT a US citizen could exchange US dollars for a fixed mount of silver or gold bullion. The More You Know …) In today’s dollars, 6/- in 1963 British money would be worth $7.08. Kinda cheap compared with club cover charges nowadays but times were tougher back then.
TW
I’m surprised no one else has really detailed the meaning of “/-” in 6/-. There were 12 pence in a shilling and that is what would go to the right of the slash. So 2/6 was spoken as “two and six” and meant “Two shillings and six pence”; no one would have dreamed of saying “two and a half shillings”. If the value was an exact number of shillings then the /- meant “and no pence”.
In order to confuse foreign spies and generations as yet unborn, the abbreviation for “pound” was “L”, normally written in a florid fashion as “£” like a Coca-Cola logo, the abbreviation for “pence” was “d”, and shillings were “s” in order to break the pattern of there being no pattern.
Like the Imperial weights and measures system, this was excellent for mental arithmetic involving division, not too bad for addition and subtraction, and a bugger for multiplication (although it was fairly easy to calculate 5% of any price, which had a deep historical value long lost by the 1960s).
destroyhistory
Comment of the week £££££/s/d
Dr. Boots' List
The Eggtones’ dark secret was that they were actually Canadian, and changed their name from “The Off Colours” in an attempt to blend in.
Dr. Boots' List
Whose picture do you think it is next to the headline “I Love to Smile”? Eric Burdon?
D. Wilt
Freddie and the Dreamers? Wasn’t that the comedy team that appeared in the film “The Cuckoo Patrol” (1967)?
D. Wilt
https://mexcine.tumblr.com/post/54436917362/the-cuckoo-patrol-1967-review
destroyhistory
Prepare to learn much more about them!!! Maybe too much!
Yvonmukluk
Hmmm…wasn’t the pastiche of Yesterday at the outset of this tale about Freddie? Perhaps we’ve found who have usurped the Fab Four’s place in history…
StClair
Usurped and/or sabotaged, based on that earlier description of a series of strange misfortunes… I’m betting that some bitter Dreamer, or an obsessive fan, got hold of some means of time travel and decided to “make things right”.
Rabisch
Awesome expressions and style ♡.
Chas
Aren’t they? Allison’s artwork has spoiled me for other comics. Even in B+W there’s so much to see.
Chris J. Zähller
I know that in /our/ timeline, the Beatles were wearing “Teddy Boy” suits by 1963, but wasn’t that at Brian Epstein’s suggestion? Is he their manager already in this timeline?
destroyhistory
I did extensive (I know this is hard to believe) research of the huge volume of candid and stage photography of the Beatles in 63 and while I may have had to elide some facts and make others up, how they appear in this story is essentially how they looked.
Any future questions that use the word “timeline” are banned
Chris J. Zähller
Message received, loud and clear.
G. T. Ogle
Behold, we have entered the era of HIGH CONTRAST ART, where the vague pastiche of chromatism is discarded for the direct and unmistakable play of light and shadow, foreground and back, substance and space. Each thing stands alone by its shadow; no detail is lost in ochres and umbers, no surface without consequence is conjured into prominence by extreme saturation; color remains where it always is, ideal, fundamental and in the very soul of man — but unseen in the image. Man must know where the color is and therefore see it there, he will not be baited into perception!
Also I never realized that Lennon was that much taller than the rest, I always thought he was a midget. Shows how much I payed attention to those music videos
destroyhistory
He’s not taller than anyone bar Ringo, that’s a “compositional decision” to indicate his physical threat level.
G. T. Ogle
If the Beatles fail, does Ringo still voice Thomas the Tank Engine, or must we suffer the Fab Four for the delight of the Silken Voice of Sodor?
destroyhistory
The issue of the tank engine will be addressed before the end of this story, don’t worry.
Dr. Boots' List
The fanservice in this comic is impeccable!
Chas
That’s a relief. To not do so would be… cheeky.
Mark Hibbett
I love the way you’ve captured Proper Beatles dialogue in these strips – excellent work!
destroyhistory
Cheers Mark! I tried very hard.
Yvon
Great comic! Love the style.
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