50 YEARS ago, Craven and the rest of the country was preparing for Decimal D Day, when the UK moved from the old system of pounds, shillings and pennies, to pounds and pence. The day of the great switch over was February 15, 1971, and for weeks beforehand, the Craven Herald strove to get its readers used to the idea. On the first day of the year, it carried a large, cut out and keep conversion’ ‘shoppers table’ for confused readers to refer to. There was ‘no need to worry on Decimal D Day’ it announced, adding that research had shown that eight out of ten shops would go decimal on February 15, or soon afterwards, and that most shoppers would quickly adjust.