In a recent news report, Terry Tomlinson, a worker on building the Greenbooth reservoir in the Naden Valley, Greater Manchester, recalled: “I joined in 1959 and was paid three shillings, 11 pence and a farthing an hour … that increased to five shillings, 11 pence …”
Word Watch: Vibrancy
Is it really a compliment for one’s home to be described as “vibrant”?