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I'VE STARTED, SO I'LL FINISH...
The story starts in 1541, then moves swiftly forward, weaving a fascinating web including World War II; The Long March (sometimes called The Death March); the first UK jet plane flight; wiping out very early TV signals; what was possibly then the world’s smallest radio; National Service; Ouija boards and creepy feelings; meeting Elvis Presley, and Freddie Trueman; banking anecdotes; mailing £15,000 through the GPO; how banking has altered over the years; holiday visits; Clubs and organisations in which the author was involved; losing a bet and appearing in the ballet SleepingBeauty; ‘dropping the latch’ at Castle Howard; superb wines with La Jurade de Saint–Emilion; meeting HRH Prince Charles; a holiday island in the middle of the Nile; a Crown Court case; meeting the Lord Chief Justice; and so on… All the above and much, much more is interwoven into this story.
420 pages, Paperback
Published August 5, 2015
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