Lloyds TSB

Advantages: Generally good service, helpful!
Disadvantages: High charges!

... Lloyds TSB I have been with Lloyds TSB literally all my life, they've always seemed to be a good bank to me, they won't lend me money as it is as I've never had credit and have been a student and never had a full time job, which is good, a lot of banks don't care and will give money out to anyone regardless of whether they can pay it back or not, but I've never had this with Lloyds, the only thing with them is the charges they put on your account for an unplanned overdraft, but these unplanned overdrafts I take with Lloyds really are a godsend when my wages are short by 50 pound one month and my phone bill needs paying so I don?t mind a £25 charge for a £100 unplanned overdraft, it s when you go overdrawn by 4p that the charge is annoying!!! Other than this, Lloyds have been a very good bank for me, yes they try to sell me...

stephbond89 16.11.2009 (17.11.2009) · Read review
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Lloyds on Lloyds

Advantages: Many branches, deposits easily made
Disadvantages: Sometimes the shear size cannot deal with individuals across depts

...Lloyds TSB, a fusion giant of the Lloyds Bank and the Trustee Savings Bank in 1995, becoming one of largest banks in the UK. Its head office now in London, Gresham Street. In Scotland it is known as Lloyds TSB Scotland. It also owns Cheltenham and Gloucester, Scottish Widows, and Black Horse. This is an example of a monster of a bank who are extremely good to you if you are paying the staff wages, but when you get into difficulties they seem to heavily crush you. Mind you it is not fair to say Lloyds are alone in this, all the financial institutions operate this way. But Lloyds in my experience are relatively good in some departments but poor in others. If there are no problems with your accounts then there is not really a problem. However, if you open many accounts with them, they have various departments dealing...

makro74 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Lloyds banking

Advantages: Easy way to keep track of finances
Disadvantages: Can be slow at times

...Lloyds TSB internet banking lets you manage your finances, apply for loans, credit cards, mortgages & pay off bills from home or anywhere with internet access. It seems very secure, you have a 9 digit username which is randomly given to you to prevent people guessing then you have a password which much be more than 6 digits & preferably a mix of letters & numbers. You then also have to enter your memorable information which very similar to a password therefore can be pretty much anything you want it to be as long as you can remember it! It can sometimes be irritating having to enter this infomation every single time not to mention time consuming if you're in a rush to check your account balance but it does make it that little bit more secure & give you the extra peace of mind that your finances are secure. Once you have...

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Man Booker Prize Winner 2007

Advantages: Powerful setting and excellent narrative
Disadvantages: May be advantage to read Great Expectations

...Mister Pip is the Man Booker Prize winning novel from New Zealander John Lloyd, and set on Bougainville, a tiny island in the South Pacific, neighbouring the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Lloyd's novel is set during the early years of the civil war and recounts the influence on the community struggling to survive in their village, notably the women and children, of a book by Charles Dickens. Mr. Watts is an eccentric white man who lives with his black wife in a run down colonial house. When the school is forced to close, he volunteers to take on the role of teacher. The only teaching material to hand is a copy of Great Expectations. This he reads chapter by chapter to the children, providing an escape for them from the privations and horrors of the encroaching war. One child in particular, Matilda, is entranced by...

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Mister Pip

Advantages: A Strange and wonderful book
Disadvantages: some distressing scenes

...Mister Pip is the first of New Zealander Lloyd Jones' novels to be published in the UK. The book has been awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. Mister Pip was also successful at the Richard and Judy British Book Awards 2008. Mister Pip is set in a village on the remote island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea during the 1990's. The book is set amidst a civil war (the Rambo's vs. the Redskins), and all but one white man have left the island; Mr Watts (or Pop Eye). Mr Watts believes in the power of literature, and as all the teachers have fled; he assumes the role of teacher, the only textbook is Dickens' Great Expectations. Mister Pip refers to the character Pip from Great Expectations, "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my...

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Lloyds TSB

Advantages: Helpful bank, always try to help during financial difficulty.
Disadvantages: Try to sell you things you don't want, high bank charges.

...I have been with Lloyds TSB literally all my life, they've always seemed to be a good bank to me, they won't lend me money as it is as I've never had credit and have been a student and never had a full time job, which is good, alot of banks don't care and will give money out to anyone regardless of whether they can pay it back or not, but I've never had this with Lloyds, the ony thing with them is the charges they put on your account for an unplanned overdraft, but these unplanned overdrafts I take with Lloyds really are a godsend when my wages are short by 50 pound one month and my phone bill needs paying so I dont mind a £25 charge for a £100 unplanned overdraft, it s when you go overdrawn by 4p that the charge is annoying!!! Other than this, Lloys have been a very good bank for me, yes they try to sell me things like car insuarnce...

stephbond89 30.05.2009 · Read review
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Lovely Old Lloyds!

Advantages: Cheap, Lovely Setting, Comfortable Surroundings, Good Food & Atmosphere!
Disadvantages: None that I can think of!

...Being a student (cheap, obviously hard working and out for those bargains!) I often find myself drawn to drinking establishments in true student fashion. Now as funds can be rather limited, especially as it draws nearer to the end of term, one has to go where one can sample cheap drinks and where better than Lloyds! I typically visit this particular Lloyds about once a week, sometimes for dinner but mostly just for pre-clubbing drinks! ~ Location ~ The Printworks is located in Manchester just a 5 minute walk from Victoria Train Station and about 10 minutes from Piccadilly, therefore occupying a central position in the heart of Manchester. The Printworks itself is Europe's first urban entertainment venue and comprises of 10 bars and restaurants (including Tiger Tiger, Lucid, Lloyds, Wagamama and Nandos), a 20-screen cinema...

Lucie_S1984 05.06.2005 · Read review
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Divas Las Vegas - Belinda Jones

Advantages: An OK read
Disadvantages: Dissappointing!!

... DIVAS LAS VEGAS BELINDA JONES I have always loved Belinda Jones books, and I have read near enough all of her books: I Love Capri, On The road to Mr Right, The Paradise Room, Out of the Blue, The Love Acadamy, Cafe Tropicana and now Divas Las Vega. The only book of hers I have left to read is The California Club (and the new book which she has coming out soon). I'm not quite sure where Divas Las Vegas comes in the line of her books, it could very possibly be one of, if not, her first book. I loved all of Jones' previous books, they have all been amazing, and have really captured my imagination, this book was very different and I must say, it isn't the best of her work. Plot: Izzy and Jamie have been best friends since they were little girls, for 20 years. And now at 27 they are still as close as ever...

stephbond89 04.10.2009 · Read review
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Jones and the Ark

Advantages: great action and adventure
Disadvantages: none

...Director: Steven Spielberg Producers: Frank Marshall, Howard Kazanjian, Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas Writers: George Lucas, Philip Kaufman and Lawrence Kasdan Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, Wolf Kahler and Denholm Elliot Released in the summer of 1981 this first of what is too be a fine series of movies involving the mishaps of an archaeologist with morals?and a very acrobatically way of solving problems? ** BRIEF PLOT ** Archaeologist Indiana Jones, (played by Harrison Ford) is on the path to find the mysterious 'ark', which is thought to hold fragments of the Ten Commandments, but he knows he must find it before a team of Nazi Germans, lead by a Dr. Rene Belloq, (played by Paul Freeman), in their quest for supreme power? But to find the Ark, before the Nazis...

blissman70 29.09.2008 · Read review
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Lloyds TSB

Advantages: It has lots to offer and the computer thing that tells you on the spot if you can have something or not
Disadvantages: None

...I have been with Lioyds TSB for 4 years now and I have never had any trouble with them up till now. The members of staff are very helpful and understanding. They have a computer system which tells the staff what a customer can have so there is no uming and arhing if the computer says you can have a overdraft, debit card or personal loan then you can. That's what I like most about Lloyds TSB, as it saves me time and they can give me a decision on the spot. The computer is updated every month and keeps a record of the last 6 months, so if you have managed your account well for the last 6 months they will be able to offer you a wide variety of services. They offer a wide range of account's, I have choose to go for a "select account". The benefits for this account include free £50 overdraft, free AA membership, reduced interest...

Toady 23.08.2001 · Read review
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