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Downlands Cancara assisted in raising many hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity, supporting such organisations as The Macmillan Nurse Appeal, Riding for the Disabled, his local Rowan's Hospice, The International League for the Protection of Horses, (now World Horse Welfare) Special Wishes for terminally ill young people and Children in Need, where he walked from Lloyds Bank in Cosham to ...
In September 2000, Lloyds TSB acquired Chartered Trust, [2] and, in June 2001, the business of Chartered Trust was merged into the business of Lloyds UDT, and the enlarged operation rebadged under the Black Horse name, to form the asset finance division of Lloyds TSB. [3] Former headquarters of the United Dominions Trust, Cockfosters.
“Horse” intersperses the tale of Lexington’s racing and breeding career with the modern-day story of a Ph.D. student who finds the discarded painting of a horse, and then meets a Smithsonian ...
The Mari Lwyd. The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom founded in South Wales and elsewhere. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.
A tradition first recorded in 1492 reports that the 8th-century Saxon ruler Widukind displayed a black horse as his field sign. [4] Historian James Lloyd suggests that "the Saxon Steed motif was invented in the 14 century …. as a faux ancient symbol for the Saxons", being derived from an account by Gobelinus of the myth of Hengist and Horsa ...
In July 1884, Lloyd's List merged with the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. Lloyd's List has spawned several spin-off titles, including sister title Insurance Day. In 2009, Lloyd's List went through a major re-design that encompassed both the masthead and the newspaper itself. Between 2011 and 2017, a Lloyd’s List operated a mobile app. [6]
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In 1923, Lloyds Bank brought about a merger with the separately owned London and Brazilian Bank, to prevent the two banks being in direct competition with each other. The merged bank was renamed as the Bank of London and South America (BOLSA). Lloyds retained a major interest in BOLSA throughout its subsequent history.