Where is this airfield?
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What did you do with the money I42?
"It's hard to shift "folding money" and "ten bob" notes these days! "
I had a couple of old £5 notes and was told only the Bank of England would change them......... I kept them in my wallet and one day I was visiting an office near by and so popped in. Worth the effort - Door keeper in long coat & top hat, directed into THE most oak clad and brass tellers room, £ notes taken, examined, ID checked and two new one handed over..... I felt RICH RICH
On the other hand I wasn't trying to bring in 10 suitcases of cash using a 1963 Driving Licence made out to "Ronnie Biggs"
"I had a couple of old £5 notes and was told only the Bank of England would change them......... I kept them in my wallet and one day I was visiting an office near by and so popped in. Worth the effort - Door keeper in long coat & top hat, directed into THE most oak clad and brass tellers room, £ notes taken, examined, ID checked and two new one handed over..... I felt RICH RICH
On the other hand I wasn't trying to bring in 10 suitcases of cash using a 1963 Driving Licence made out to "Ronnie Biggs"
"It's hard to shift "folding money" and "ten bob" notes these days! "
I had a couple of old £5 notes and was told only the Bank of England would change them......... I kept them in my wallet and one day I was visiting an office near by and so popped in. Worth the effort - Door keeper in long coat & top hat, directed into THE most oak clad and brass tellers room, £ notes taken, examined, ID checked and two new one handed over..... I felt RICH RICH
On the other hand I wasn't trying to bring in 10 suitcases of cash using a 1963 Driving Licence made out to "Ronnie Biggs"
"I had a couple of old £5 notes and was told only the Bank of England would change them......... I kept them in my wallet and one day I was visiting an office near by and so popped in. Worth the effort - Door keeper in long coat & top hat, directed into THE most oak clad and brass tellers room, £ notes taken, examined, ID checked and two new one handed over..... I felt RICH RICH
On the other hand I wasn't trying to bring in 10 suitcases of cash using a 1963 Driving Licence made out to "Ronnie Biggs"
Apparently in the vault, the stacks of gold have to be placed very carefully 'cos below the vault is an underground rail tunnel and there is a risk of the floor collapsing.
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For the benefit of the youngsters around here, I thought I would show you why the old "fivers" were called "folding money"!
I first remember seeing a "white fiver" in 1957. The equivalent value today is about £130!
I first remember seeing a "white fiver" in 1957. The equivalent value today is about £130!
