Saved tiffin money
Saving tiffin money meant keeping the coins you got for school snacks in a clay bank or a box instead, to buy something you really wanted.
Era: 90s & 2000s
What it was like
A taka or two at a time, saved up for a cricket ball, a comic or an Eid toy. The day you broke the clay bank felt like a festival.
That money was often saved on an empty stomach, which made the shopping all the sweeter.
Questions
- What is a clay bank?
- A small fired-clay pot with a slot on top for coins; you usually had to break it to get the money out.