Imperial Measures

Weights and Measures Acts (UK)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_(UK)

StarDreamer

Platinum Jubilee: Boris Johnson poised to mark celebrations with post-Brexit pledge to bring back pounds and ounces

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Yup.
That's the premise for the thread .

Good. I still think and measure in feet and inches.
Lots of market traders have never done away with ‘paaarns’ despite the pressure to use metric.

Justify out of interest, how many of you could say what your grandchildren’s weights were in metric? Not many I bet.

mokryna

There were 41 in my class and only 5 girls but I still remember this furlong business.

Racing is still measured in furlongs, I think

Platinum Jubilee: Boris Johnson poised to mark celebrations with post-Brexit pledge to bring back pounds and ounces

news.sky.com/story/platinum-jubilee-boris-johnson-poised-to-mark-celebrations-with-post-brexit-pledge-to-bring-back-pounds-and-ounces-12623318

There were 41 in my class and only 5 girls but I still remember this furlong business.

Loose eggs in David Greig's three farthings to a penny farthing, depending on size!

8 furlongs one mile

I think DH still has an old book somewhere with old weights and measures.

Does anyone remember farthings?
They had a wren on them, I think.

Use both but prefer imperial.

Did anyone else have primary school workbooks with these measurements on the back cover? (Paper) covers were a washy pink, or light blue or beige.

Oh yes, and a cricket pitch was 1 chain. 10 = 1 furlong!

Whilst it would not be practical to revert to Imperal measurements, it would be a pity to forget about the old weights and measures completely.

They had much more interesting and descriptive names than metric weights and measures.

eg Volumes:
Ale measures
9 gallons = 1 firkin
4 firkins= 1 barrel

Wine measures
52 ½ gallons= 1 hogshead
26 and 2 thirds fl. oz. = 1 bottle

2 pints= 1 quart
4 quarts= 1 gallon
2 gallons = 1 peck
4 pecks= 1 bushel
8 bushels= 1 quarter
36 bushels= 1 chaldron

home.clara.net/brianp/lengths.html

Do we still measure horses in hands?

Youngsters? I'm 67 and my O level maths and science papers used metric measurements.

It was in his manifesto in 2019 but before anyone gets too uptight both metric and imperial will be permissible, so if a shop wishes to deal in imperial it will no longer be mandatory to list metric as well. It’s supposed to be introduced on Friday for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Personally I will be happy to go back to imperial although I can see it could be a problem for youngsters. Having said that most still give their height in feet and inches. I expect we will continue with a hybrid system.

I can visualise a baby who weighs 7lbs 6ozs as opposed to sat 5lbs 12ozs.
In metric kgs? Not a hope.
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Well you must be very young then blossoming ???

We already use a mix. It’s just a Brexit crowd pleaser (he thinks). He’ll just say it’s legal to use one or the other and nothing will change.

I have only used metric, as a student and at work. I’m not used to historical units of measure.

Hello OakDryad

Here is a link to an article about a peck as a unit of measurement.

www.britannica.com/science/peck

jaharrison.me.uk/Misc/RSF/index.html

OakDryad

Devorgilla

So, JRM wants to restore 'ancient liberties'. Does that include 'Droit de Seigneur'?

Only if the vassal's peasants can remember how to measure in bushels and pecks.

OakDryad
Apparently 'you eat a peck of dirt before you die'

I have no idea how much that is.

I generally think in both metric and imperial but when it comes to my weight I think in stones and pounds and distance in miles.

Germanshepherdsmum

I hate recipes which give measurements in cups.

I have a set of measuring cups (TK Maxx) but rarely use them.
What is a stick of butter?

Nice one, OakDryad.

I hate recipes which give measurements in cups.

not to mention the cost of it all.