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GLENYS ROBERTS: My father, the banker time forgot - a bank boss with principles
By GLENYS ROBERTS
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Every morning, my old-fashioned bank-manager father used to set off from home at first dawn proudly wearing his bowler hat, a starched wing collar, a tie with the bank logo emblazoned on it, and swinging a furled umbrella.
No dress-down Fridays for him.
He trusted formality and the solid Victorian-built institutions in which he worked. He even pretended to love the Drain, the nickname for the cramped underground line which he took along with many Home Counties commuters from Waterloo to Bank station.
And on his days off he liked nothing better than to take his children on a pilgrimage to his place of work in the middle of the City's historical landmarks which he was determined to impress upon us.
The last laugh: Stanley Roberts with wife Marjorie and dog Robin
Central to the tour was the Bank of England, or the Old Lady as he called her, because you could depend on h