V8Ian, and others.

The international symbol for a foot is ft.

Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

" = in = inch.
' = ft = foot.
Even a moderately intelligent thirty something year old would understand 5' 6", even if they couldn't visualise it.

Jake the Peg = a yard

In my day we had furlongs and chains.....[bigwhistle]

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In my day we had furlongs and chains.....[bigwhistle]

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And rods and roods. [bighmmm]

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In my day we had furlongs and chains.....[bigwhistle]

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In Des's day it was cubits and stadions. [tonguewink]

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And rods and roods. [bighmmm]

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Must be before my time,i cant remember those,but we did have a pet Wedgie that sat on a 'perch'[thumbsupbig]

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In Des's day it was cubits and stadions. [tonguewink]

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Geez,they must have used those when building the Ark[bighmmm][biggrin]

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And rods and roods. [bighmmm]

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IIRC, roods were a measurement of area, 40 perches/¼ acre. A rod was a tenth of a chain and a link was a tenth of rod.
Do you remember when all that was printed on the back of exercise books, along with the aviordepois weights?

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In Des's day it was cubits and stadions. [tonguewink]

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'Noah' is ancient Hebrew for 'Desmond' [wink11]

I better run before he returns [biggrin]