Don turnbull was heading up TSR UK back then. I had urged him to do a British Edition of
The Dragon, but he insisted on a whole new magazine,
Imagine. Had he been amenible to my suggestion, that scenario would never have appeared.
Bobbies with firearms indeed
How I loved the old English monetary system with its farthings, ha'pence, pence, shillings, florins, half-crowns, crowns, pounds, and guineas--really confusing until one learned it, and so I patterened the AD&D monetary system on it.
Someone likely older and grumpier than you, but one that loves real ale and English cusine
Cheerio,
Gary