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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Sam Powerless

Advantages: Non violent
Disadvantages: Non interesting

...We (sorry,I mean Father Christmas!) bought this game for our five year old son, as he is mad about fire engines. I do feel that at five he is really still a little too young for computers and consoles, but hey, he's a kid and he loves them so we've allowed him to use my Nintendo DS when we have travelled and more recently for short intervals at home. To reach a happy medium, we decided he could have a few of his own games, but they must not contain any fighting. In this game, you play the part of a young boy, Sam Power. Sam is helping out his uncle, who runs the fire station. To Begin The opening screen gives the usual options, to create a new game or continue a saved one and also a chance to access the options. The only reason I mention this, is because in addition to seeing the credits and choose your language, you...

watkins11 26.01.2009 · 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...

Great_reviewer07 12.01.2009 · Read review
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Look out for lots of Kissy,Kissy,Kissy!

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: none

...Calm Down Boris is a children`s book by the author Sam Lloyd who has written other books like You`re not so scary Sid and Wendy the wide-mouthed frog, my son recieved this book as a christmas present. About the book The book is a hardback book which is ideal for the little ones as they can turn the pages without tearing them. There is a puppet which runs through the book it will fit an adults hand just pop your hand in the puppet and dont forget to put on your monster voice! The puppet is made out of a soft furry orange material , my son always says that Boris`s fur is very ticklish! On the front cover you will see a lovely picture of Boris who is very furry, large and has very long nails! The Story Boris is going to the park and right at the start of the story the reader is encouraged to interact...

lazytowner 03.03.2009 · Read review
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Open wide for Wendy

Advantages: Novel design featuring a built in hand puppet to tell the story, bright images
Disadvantages: Pages can get caught on the puppet

...'Wendy the Wide-Mouthed Frog' is a children's book written by Sam Lloyd, author of 'Calm Down, Boris' and 'You're Not So Scary, Sid' amongst others. What all of these books have in common is a hand-puppet built in to the centre of the book, which forms the basis of the story. In this particular story, the star is Wendy a wide-mouthed frog. All that is required to bring Wendy to life is for the reader to pop their hand into the puppet and mimick Wendy's mouth movements. I haven't actually read any of the other books in the series so this was still quite a novelty for me to read and both my two year old and my six year old son thought so too. I first came across this book when it was read at the 'Baby Bounce & Rhyme' group that I go to with my youngest son. The sessions always start off with a story and when Wendy was read out...

jo-1976 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Fireman Sam To The Rescue

Advantages: a bright board book featuring everyone's favourite fireman
Disadvantages: not very well written

...Fireman Sam has been a favourite in our household for many years, I can?t say that I am a huge fan of the new Fireman Sam, I?m an old fashioned girl at heart, but I suppose it?s what the kids like that matters! This book is based on one of the stories from the S4C TV series and contains pictures from the episode. This Fireman Sam story is published by Egmont and is a board book measuring 15.8 x 15.8 x 1.6 cm, which I find a little big for the smallest of hands to cope with! It has a lovely bright red cover with a picture of Fireman Sam holding Bella the cat in his arms on the front. It has a RRP of £3.99. ?Fireman Sam to the Rescue? describes what happens when Bella?s beloved cat Rosa goes missing in a storm. James and Sarah find her with her collar caught on a fence and call the fire brigade who swiftly come to save the day. I find...

princesslaura 22.05.2009 · Read review
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Frankly darlings I`m Fabulous!

Advantages: Comes with a puppet
Disadvantages: none

...Last year my son recieved the You`re not so Scary Sid book for his birthday which he loves so when I was asked at christmas time to make my son a wish list I did a search to see what other books Sam Lloyd had written. I added this book and the Calm Down Boris book to my son`s wish list and he recieved both of them as presents. My son loves stories especially at bedtime , we find it is a very good way for him to wind down , he likes us to read him the story and then he will try his hardest to tell us a story. About the book This book is a hardback book which has a puppet running through the book which will even fit an adults hand! Just pop your hand in the puppet and move it around and don`t forget to put on a funny voice! I love the fact that my son can turn the pages of this book and not tear them like some of his...

lazytowner 23.02.2009 · Read review
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Fireman Sam to the Rescue!!!

Advantages: Kids love it
Disadvantages: None

...Fireman Sam is a very popular children's character. This DVD was bought for my 3 year old who has taken a liking to him and especially Jupiter, the fire engine. The front cover of the DVD has a picture of Jupiter with Sam, Elvis and the Station Officer inside and above this is the title, there is also a small picture of the mountain rescue helicopter in the background. The back cover of the case is a nice bright yellow colour on the middle with the names of the 6 episodes and a bit about Fireman Sam. Around the edge of the back cover is a bright red border. THE DVD There are a total of 5 episodes on the DVD. 1 - Danger: Falling Sheep. This episode starts with the Fire Chief talking to the crew and telling them that they are all going to have to be extra alert as it is the school holidays and Norman is bound to get into...

sewbizzie 19.06.2008 · Read review
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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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