Face of £50 note

Sarahellenwhitney Thu 18-Oct-18 12:45:27
Who would want a £50 note. ?
If you ask really nicely, I’ll take any unwanted £50 notes off your hands!

What's a fifty pound note ?

Also agree about Alan Turing - so badly and cruelly treated by our country

I definitely don’t think it should be a politician - they are all divisive and annoying- Mary Quant is a good idea - she really changed fashion for women- gave them freedom to wear exciting easy comfortable clothes - someone has suggested Elizabeth Frink - excellent idea - wonderful meaningful sculptures.

Another vote for Nye Bevan here. Definitely not Thatcher!!! Alan Turing would also get my vote.

I would also support Nye Bevan, or Ernie Bevan, both did more for the positives in this country than Margaret bloody Thatcher could ever claim.

Who would want a £50 note.? I hate our currency notes of any denomination for fear of losing these flimsy pieces of'' what ever' they consist of. I use debit or credit cards as yet to find any retailer who won't accept these as payment. I can also pay car park fees by card. For the times my purchases may be small, a coffee or I need a supermarket trolley I carry a few pound or fifty pence coins.

Margaret Thatcher - never. The social housing shortage lies at her feet, and she didn't do anything for women whilst she was Prime Minister.

No anti-monarch from me,sarahellenwhitney. I'm all for the Royalty rather than a Republic, thank you very much.

The " face " should be that of a pioneer of sorts such as someone has mentioned----AGBell. Louis Pasteur,Marie Curie,etc. Someone who,from the past,we can all associate with in modern day society.

I'm with Annie. It should be Aneurin Bevan. No contest!

Thanks for the link. I heard the story on WH - really inspiring and impressive. She was so young and so brave. Have signed, of course!

Clement Attlee surely? The most radical and reforming Prime Minister the UK had, and rated by academics as the most important PM of the 20th Century.

Margaret Thatcher was the diametric opposite of Attlee - where he built, she destroyed.

I'm also in favour of the Unknown Soldier.
I'm really surprised people have had problems presenting £50 notes, most shops (larger ones anyway) seem to scan them now.

Mrs Pankurst is very appropriate this year. I try to get rid of £50 notes as soon as possible on the odd occasion I am given them not always easy to use them

I just hope that whoever it is there is a great deal of publicity about it - enough for me to remember, as these sort of questions come up in quizzes all the time lol

Uh-oh... just read that a case of BSE has been found on a farm in Aberdeenshire. Whole area on lockdown.

I don't care. I very very rarely have cash, in fact, only for buying raffle tickets and a soft drink at my local club once a month. I often forget to get cashback at my local supermarket on the day and a friend will stand me the ticket and drink which I repay later Plastic and PayPal are my friends.

I like the idea of Clem Attlee. Unknown soldier a good idea too.

How about a tribute to The Commonwealth? I say stick Dame Edna Everidge on the 50's!

I love the tribute to the unknown soldier idea.

Does it have to be relevant the person is not still living? How many will look at these notes and haven't a clue who the picture portrays if that person passed away years ago.

The Queen without a doubt. No other British monarch has reigned as long which has to be an achievement.
Awaiting anti monarch flack

I didn’t know it couldn’t be someone still living. Shame, I like the suggestion above of Prince Phillip, I think that would be a nice nod of appreciation to him for supporting our lovely Queen all these years and of course his work on the DOE scheme amongst other things.

Love the concept of the unknown soldier!

Sorry should have added that I think Mrs Pankhurst a worthy consideration.