Gordon Browns bounced cheque on ebay!

StaffsSW

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160387638210&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

This is a cheque for £3 which Gordon Brown bounced in his student days. The Bank of Scotland cheque is marked "refer to drawer", and is supported by a completed form from the Royal Bank of Scotland, advising the payee that the cheque has bounced, and debiting him 13p in charges.
The cheque was payment for Brown's room rent in a student house at the University of Edinburgh; the payee was Bill Paterson (misspelt by Brown), who was the Warden. The cheque should have been made out to the University, not to the Warden. Failing to find Brown again, to get the cheque made out properly, Bill dealt with Brown's mistake by writing a cheque to the University himself, and paying Brown's cheque into his own account.. Bill demanded, and got, Gordon's repayment in cash.
The cheque is currently owned by Kate Paterson, who was given it as a present by her husband, the ex-Warden.

jamespir

lol cant believe its at three grand

ses6jwg

Wow.... she couldn't have timed it better to put it on eBay.

Had she done it in 1997 it would not have got anywhere near as much as after the financial crisis.

VanyaHargreeves

Jesus, look at that price. Mental note - become a Warden at a university.

mbga9pgf

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/the-cheque-that-Gordon-Brown-bounced_W0QQitemZ160387638210QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item2557d923c2

This is a cheque for £3 which Gordon Brown bounced in his student days. The Bank of Scotland cheque is marked "refer to drawer", and is supported by a completed form from the Royal Bank of Scotland, advising the payee that the cheque has bounced, and debiting him 13p in charges.
The cheque was payment for Brown's room rent in a student house at the University of Edinburgh; the payee was Bill Paterson (misspelt by Brown), who was the Warden. The cheque should have been made out to the University, not to the Warden. Failing to find Brown again, to get the cheque made out properly, Bill dealt with Brown's mistake by writing a cheque to the University himself, and paying Brown's cheque into his own account.. Bill demanded, and got, Gordon's repayment in cash.
The cheque is currently owned by Kate Paterson, who was given it as a present by her husband, the ex-Warden.

Davesnave

Set this as a test for my handwriting analyst friend, leaving out the signature.

She said it was obvious to her that the writer would go on to run the country.

When I questioned this, she replied that it was a typo. She'd left out an 'i'

abaxas

Owww

Looks like the Tories have a new advertising campain.

LydiaJ

43 bids so far, and it's up at £2,750.00 with 2 days and 8 hours to go. Mrs Paterson hasn't done badly out of it. I wonder why she and her husband had the forethought to keep it.

ess0two

More bizarre,who would be searching ebay for Brown memorabilia.

mbga9pgf

LydiaJ wrote: »

43 bids so far, and it's up at £2,750.00 with 2 days and 8 hours to go. Mrs Paterson hasn't done badly out of it. I wonder why she and her husband had the forethought to keep it.

I have just contacted the Conservatives and asked them if they would consider buying it to go on George Osbourne's Mantlepiece! :beer: (In No. 11).

COOLTRIKERCHICK

lol..... and he wants us to have confidence in him to run the country for another term:eek:

great find...:T

might be worth pointing htis out to some newspapers;)