General Chat

True to form

I was waiting for one of you , and you know who you are, to come up with that quip

Shame on you

was that really necessary?

Errol, me ???

nooooo Barbinsglos - the Thatcher comment - totally unnecessary on this thread and somewhat disrespectful

Totally agree with you

well, are we surprised?

This is all that I can find as to who can and cannot be on an English bank note ................. and I've had to find it in a "foreign" publication

......... a Canadian newspaper :-D


"Queen Elizabeth is on one side of each of Britain’s four denominations of bank notes, while celebrated Britons take their turn for 10 to 20-year stints on the overleaf.

This will be the third change of bank note announced under King, who steps down from the Bank of England’s top job after 10 years on July 1. He brought fellow economist Adam Smith onto the 20 pound note and the inventors of the steam engine to the 50 pound note........................

...................... The current batch of notes features prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, naturalist Charles Darwin, economist Smith and Matthew Boulton and James Watt, inventors of the steam engine.

Banknotes have had historical figures on them for around 40 years but Churchill will be only the second prime minister after the Duke of Wellington to feature on a note and one of only a few individuals from the 20th century."

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I thought / hoped the Bank of England would have had a statement to aid people wishing to suggest a possible figure for commemoration this way.

It has taken almost 50 years after Churchills death to put him on a bank note, if they do the same for Margaret Thatcher in 50 years time anyone around who remembered her will be long gone

judging by the number of £5 notes i ever get in my pocket its a pity he could not have been put on a 10 or 20 to reflect the importance he was to many people