I live near Lord Rothschild.
Did anyone hear that story in the program about the original Rotschild deciding to give a shilling to every child in Tring (who were mostly poor)? As an early welfare arrangement it was about as successful as today's.
After estimating how many kids there were, he set up tables on his lawn with heaps of coins and asked them to form a queue. However, parents bussed in hundreds of kids from elsewhere. Then each kid would get their shilling, queue again and get another one, and so on. Rotschild had to send out to banks in neighbouring towns to get more and more money. More fool him for trusting proles.
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Previously on "When bankers were good"
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Not a bad program - but a bit repetitive. I fell asleep 5 minutes before the end - did Hislop have any suggestions to make things better?
Standards for bankers have slipped - but then they have for everyone.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostBanks went even bader 20 odd years ago didn't they? When bank managers were sacked and loyal customers were rewarded with lower savings rates, and every devious trick in the book applied to contriving to part customers from their money.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostBanks went even bader 20 odd years ago didn't they? When bank managers were sacked and loyal customers were rewarded with lower savings rates, and every devious trick in the book applied to contriving to part customers from their money.
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Banks went even bader 20 odd years ago didn't they? When bank managers were sacked and loyal customers were rewarded with lower savings rates, and every devious trick in the book applied to contriving to part customers from their money.
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Typical BBC namby-pambyness. They should have called it "When bankers weren't w*nkers".
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When bankers were good
A documentary about Victorian bankers famed for their philanthropy.
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