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Old 15th July 2017, 14:02
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Originally Posted by Farmer John View Post
Back in 1965 or so, if I had any money (Ha ha, Blue Funnel Midshipman) I could write a cheque and pay someone in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and so on, never a query or a problem. Back at home, No-one would take a cheque unless they knew your parents and could see your Rolls parked outside. We could get currency on board and that went on your end of voyage accounting. How did it all work and was I lucky?
I paid £3 for a suit (made overnight) in Hong Kong by cheque made payable to the popular tailor "Sing Lee" .
On returning to my bank in London , where I had been a junior clerk before becoming a Blue Funnel Midshipman, I had a very difficult time convincing old work colleagues that the payee was not a lady of ill repute.!!!
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