tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post8709594802833025462..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Cambridge time and moneyCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-12280621804481076842010-09-09T01:54:20.061+01:002010-09-09T01:54:20.061+01:00Your second bank looks like a Church of Worship fo...Your second bank looks like a Church of Worship for the God of Money, a pillar of solidarity and morality in the difficult area of Victorian finances. <br /><br />I can imagine the bank managers being the high priests behind the rood screen, removed from the gaze of normal citizens. The tellers would be the normal clergymen, handing out sound advice and the holy wafer to each customer.<br /><br />Did customers lower their voices a touch, when they were inside?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-87281334298469367192010-09-04T20:29:10.993+01:002010-09-04T20:29:10.993+01:00According to a plaque on the side, it was the Lond...According to a plaque on the side, it was the London & County Bank. Foster's is amazing, isn't it: this is my first visit to Cambridge in 20 years, and it caught my eye right away.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-90725685768601605112010-09-03T07:32:19.381+01:002010-09-03T07:32:19.381+01:00Lovely. I've not been to Cambridge recently so...Lovely. I've not been to Cambridge recently so have not seen the amazing clock - I wondered if the bank had ever been a Martin's, whose symbol was the grasshopper, but presumably not given the Harrison allusion. Stripy Foster's is an old favourite of mine.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com