Pop goes the Weasel

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Pop goes the Weasel

Image: © Simon Johnston Taken: 25 Aug 2005

That's the way the money goes.....mostly these days, it would seem, via credit and debit card transactions. Well for those of you who have a Visa Card. This is HBOS (Bank of Scotland) retail card processing centre. St Margaret's Stone was moved from its original site here to make way for the roundabout. It's not moved far though and you can still see it, out of shot of this pic, to the left. Image] HBOS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBOS was rescued from near collapse by Lloyds TSB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Banking_Group in September 2008 which was itself rescued by the UK taxpayer by becoming largely nationalised the following month. HM Treasury own around 65% of the group. Directly across the road... More weasels popping: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/42988

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