In Sheffield in the early `80s, the then-radical David Blunkett instituted a "transport for all" policy which made most bus journeys 5p (at a time when a pint o

In Sheffield in the early `80s, the then-radical David Blunkett instituted a "transport for all" policy which made most bus journeys 5p (at a time when a pint of beer was 50p). As it was no longer economic to have people collecting fares, they had a machine whereby you dropped coins into a hopper, and it printed out a ticket which was a copy of the coins, vertically (carbon-paper style). Students in the city would regularly put a handfull of pennies into the hopper and get a 4-5 foot ticket which they used to decorate their digs.