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I should also add, I worked in the NHS between 1997 and 2003...

Correct, Shakespeare was the first non-royal to appear on BoE banknotes.
But he was also the second person to appear on BoE notes, the first being Brenda on the 1960 Series C £1 note.
Nightingale was indeed the first of 3 women.
So far though, only 1 non-English person...

I'm sorry, this is news? Back when I was working in the NHS, it was not unusable for those prescribing certain antibiotics to recommend the peasant consume live natural yoghurt alongside to keep everything in good shape as it were...

Boom boom!

Again.

Great help there Gwiwer, cheers thanks a lot...

Also, see this...

You remember the 1960s?
1) I thought if you remembered the 1960s you weren't there, and
2) I didn't think you were that old!

However, it is my intention that when I start pushing up the daisies, I push them up through a layer of pre-decimal coins, really fuck up the gardeners of the future!

And by short, I mean it's already over. Hope you enjoyed it.

Yes indeed.

It's a short holiday to a destination of your choice.

I have to say, I was half expecting @vivamjm.bsky.social to make an appearance with a silly suggestion, as is his way.

Ah well, there's always next time.

I would say that's not difficult really is it, but I'm in a good mood so I shall refrain from doing so.

On this occasion.

Unless of course he can identify a viable acorn from a sessile oak for me so I can try growing it in my garden and piss my neighbours off. Twats that they are.

Spot on.
The pennies with Vicky, Ted, and Georg were struck in the years of their respective deaths.
The Brenda penny was struck in what was effectively the year of the death of the (pre-decimal) penny

Which was minted on the death of the penny.

However @arrdavid.bsky.social got there first.

Yes but not the correct answer as adjudicated by me.

It was a good spot though, and one I hadn't noticed when posing the question. If I had, I've have used a 1952 Georg penny instead of one of Vicky's or Georg's...

But there's a consolation prize on its way to you...

Travellers Fare Menu
11 March 2026
Prices include VAT, not service

First class
Spaghetti carbonara.
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Second class
Spaghetti hoops.
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Cattle class
Hula hoops.

Please ask for a bill, and retain it

Seeing as the current series are polymer (a boon for gardeners of the future in determining stratigraphy), notes with Brenda are likely to remain in circulation right up until a particular note is recalled after replacement with an animal.

WTAF have I just watched? Makes an episode of Jamie and the Magic Torch, Mr Ben, or The Magic Roundabout seem perfectly normal!

And there is a reason I have included obverse and reserve of each coin...

ah no, wait, that came out completely wrong.
I meant it's more to do with the specific coins shown, as opposed to others issued with same monarch/text...

This is also true, but the correct answer is more to do with the coins themselves, as opposed to anything else...

Also, the GRA BRITT are parts of different clauses, hence the : between them.

DEI GRA(TIA) BRITT OMN : REX/REG : FID DEF (: IND IMP)
By the grace of God, of all the Britons, King/Queen, Defender of the Faith (, Emperor/Empress of India)

That's a space thing to account for the BRITT . OMN and IND . IMP: Brenda's 1953 coins included BRITT . OMN but in a woke move by the Master of the Mint, that term was removed to recognise that Australians for example were not part of "all the Britons"...
4/10 for effort though, well done...

QUICK QUIZ:
Three of these coins have something in common not shared by the fourth.
Identify the common theme to find the odd one out.
My adjudication is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.

It's why Cooper had to be kicked out of Home Office, and why the previous however-many Home Secs were from ethnic minorities, because only they could implement these policies with any degree of legitimacy...

But that isn't a flag that's meant to fly as a flag, I think there's a massive difference.

The shamrock flag is just so typically American...

And I gather Canada and Australia are debating replacing Brenda on the one now on which she appeared with someone local.

As for Brian, he is only the second monarch to appear on BoE notes in the 332 year history of the Bank of England.
He doesn’t need to be there.
If he does, limit him to One denomination like the other Commonwealth Realms did with Brenda.