The son of a Bank Manager

I am:

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This was my father’s Branch at Fairmilehead, Edinburgh:

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This is my father Alan Stuart Gordon:

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This was his certificate for:

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Alan Stuart Gordon was also:

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Here is his father Henry Mungall Gordon (with flower in lapel and cap in hand):

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This was Henry Gordon’s certificate for:

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Back then it was considered that:

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We used to have savings books like this:

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And Bank Managers were more than just detached officials:

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By chance I was passing my father’s old Bank on the 30th November 2016:

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I noticed that it was boarded-up and for sale. Being sold the very moment I was passing

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My father found working in this bank very stressful. Since being sold, his old bank has become: