Downstairs a front seat on the wooden benches cost fourpence and twopence at the rear. |
Flowers were also very scarce, narcissus and chrysanthemums being the chief varieties at twopence and threepence per bunch. |
From defiant defence to absolute antis, they were all there fighting their corner and throwing in their twopence worth as the saying goes. |
A gilded silver twopence might well pass for a gold half-crown to the unwary. |
The admission to the ground was traditionally a penny, twopence if W. G. Grace was batting. |
From here on the doubters began to pipe down and make very rare appearances to throw in their twopence worth. |