Goodbye Halifax, we loved you well

I know, it hasn't been the Halifax since it merged with the Bank of Scotland (Why? Why??) But to us Halifax people its name never changed. It put us on the map and most of us stayed loyal to it. We were proud of its success. And now it's gone! Twelve billion pounds. A pittance in these crazy money days.

Who do I owe my money to now? Lloyds TSB? Hmm.. nicer building, though (in Halifax anyway):







I've always thought so, compared to what we still call the new "HBOS" head office (even though it was built in 1973):







Ugly, isn't it? I always thought that no good could come from such a silly, top-heavy structure.

They should have stuck to the old place: we were all fond of that.








My mother worked there when she left school in 1959 and had to leave when she got married in 1963.

I never thought I'd take this financial crash at all personally, but I'll really miss the Halifax.