Pieces and bits!

Lapland Elves are full of dismay,

Santa’s grotto has a sign “Gone away”

Due to modernisation and nationalisation,

The whole thing has moved to Bombay.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong

A tax is a fine for doing well.

Pound notes were first issued in 1797

New Years day first celebrated as a public holiday in 1974

Seat belts became compulsory in cars in 1983

First episode of Eastenders screened in 1985

First telephone message transmitted in 1876

Pound coins first circulated in 1983

V A T introduced in 1973

Highway Code first issued in 1931 

Safety pins patented in 1849.