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oh dear oh dear. No end in sight. 0% here we come

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  • mower5
    mower5 Posts: 189 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    None of the "floated" building societies now remain.
    What an incredible failure they were.
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    maninthestreet wrote: »
    We're doomed, doomed!!
    Where's amcluesent? Isn't this supposed to be what he posts (albeit a little more wordy and with some evidence to back up his opinion:))

    ...but as I said yesterday, I really do like his posts:)
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    mower5 wrote: »
    What an incredible failure they were.
    Who were the 'floated' building societies? I remember Halifax, but can't think who the others were....was one of them A&L?
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    oldMcDonald wrote: »
    Who were the 'floated' building societies? I remember Halifax, but can't think who the others were....was one of them A&L?

    A&L, Bradford and Bingley, Abbey National were the biggies IIRC.
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    Was this about the same time when all were merging together - Halifax/Leeds, lloyds/TSB etc? I can't remember as I really wasn't all that interested at the time as I was too busy doing important stuff such as posing in my Sierra!
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    Im worried as I cant imagine us having broadband in a world depression :eek:

    Can anyone tell me what I heard vaguely about the Government handing out £2500 pound grants to people swopping in cars for a new one?
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    hethmar wrote: »
    Im worried as I cant imagine us having broadband in a world depression :eek:

    Can anyone tell me what I heard vaguely about the Government handing out £2500 pound grants to people swopping in cars for a new one?

    They did that back in 2003: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/diesel-cars-to-get-acircpound2500-grant-if-they-cut-emissions-735951.html
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • mower5
    mower5 Posts: 189 Forumite
    oldMcDonald wrote: »
    Was this about the same time when all were merging together - Halifax/Leeds, lloyds/TSB etc? I can't remember as I really wasn't all that interested at the time as I was too busy doing important stuff such as posing in my Sierra!
    You can wikipedia the list, 10 floated on stock exchange (now all gone, either merged or sold to conventional bank) and a bunch more have merged. Did you really try posing in a Sierra?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Generali wrote: »
    A&L, Bradford and Bingley, Abbey National were the biggies IIRC.

    plus Northern Rock and Halifax.
  • oldMcDonald
    oldMcDonald Posts: 1,945 Forumite
    mower5 wrote: »
    You can wikipedia the list, 10 floated on stock exchange (now all gone, either merged or sold to conventional bank) and a bunch more have merged. Did you really try posing in a Sierra?
    Ta, will Wiki in a moment.

    Yup, I really did. It was black, with blacked out windows and lights and a Fido Dido on the back. I am not proud of myself.
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