Coin Operated electricity meters

[Colly0410]

When I was a kid in the 1960's here in England my parents had prepayment coin meters for the electric, gas & TV: the electric & gas meters took 1 shilling/5 pence coins, & the rented TV a 2 shilling/10 pence coin. Later in the 70's the electric & gas meters were changed to 50 pence coins & my parents bought outright a Sony colour TV so no more meter to feed. Most working class/not rich people then had prepayment meters, my parents did till the late 70's when they changed over to normal meters. When I rented a house in 1992 it had a card electric prepayment meter, you could buy 1 pound cards at certain stores/post offices & you'd get 1 pounds worth of electricity, we'd use abut 5 or 6 cards a week. I now pay for electric & gas by monthly direct debit, but those across the footpath from us still have a prepayment card electric meter...