This year marks the 50th anniversary of decimalisation and the Royal Mint Museum has launched an innovative ‘Museum in a Box’ scheme to help care home residents reminisce about the changeover and preserve their stories for future generations.

Pondsmead Care Home residents in Oakhill shared their precious memories of the changeover and talked about how they remember decimalisation, saying it was a monumental moment in history.

The Royal Mint Museum provided residents with interactive memory boxes to help those living with Dementia and Alzheimer’s to recall decimalisation.

The boxes ‘talk’ to residents to help stimulate memories and preserve stories for future generations to come. The change affected the entire nation, bringing people together as they learnt to master a new currency. The memory boxes were used in one to one sessions and group activities at the home.

Other care homes can get involved to receive these wonderful boxes by visiting The Royal Mint website: https://www.royalmint.com/