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Nothing has given me greater pleasure than to have had you staying with me here as my first guest and I trust
that every year on Oct 3rd you will come and stay with us for as long as you can. ...
This letter implies that my father had been put in charge of this important job by his father probably before the age of 20. Perhaps soon after his attendance at the London Polytechnic. This must have been a great encouragement and challenge for the young man. Also a considerable responsibility: being in a position to overdraw the client’s account on his own initiative and without specific authorization up to ₤100,000, and perhaps spending several million pounds altogether (these are rough figures in today’s terms— 2011).