Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?

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  And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
keyboard and typed:

>Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
>ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
>Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
>receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
>with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?

Bank of Ireland. 

Britannia bought the branches and the savings/investments side of the
business, transferring them all to their own brand, while BoI bought
the mortgage/lending side as well the B&W name which they continued to
use for UK operations. So any products still operating under the B&W
brand are ultimately provided by BoI.

Mark
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glory grow young"
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Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
> 
> >Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
> >ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
> >Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
> >receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
> >with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?
> 
> Bank of Ireland.

Thank you.  Are you the same Mark Goodge as the other Mark Goodge?

> Britannia bought the branches and the savings/investments side of the
> business, transferring them all to their own brand, while BoI bought
> the mortgage/lending side as well the B&W name which they continued to
> use for UK operations. So any products still operating under the B&W
> brand are ultimately provided by BoI.
> 
> Mark

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He is not here; but far away
  The noise of life begins again
  And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:57:29 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
keyboard and typed:

>Mark Goodge wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
>> keyboard and typed:
>> 
>> >Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
>> >ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
>> >Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
>> >receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
>> >with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?
>> 
>> Bank of Ireland.
>
>Thank you.  Are you the same Mark Goodge as the other Mark Goodge?

No; I'm the same one as this Mark Goodge.

Mark
-- 
"There must be a place, under the sun, where hearts of olden 
glory grow young"
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http://www.good-stuff.co.uk - my less pointless stuff

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:51:45 +0100, Mark Goodge
 wrote:

>On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
>keyboard and typed:
>
>>Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
>>ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
>>Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
>>receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
>>with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?
>
>Bank of Ireland. 
>
>Britannia bought the branches and the savings/investments side of the
>business, transferring them all to their own brand, while BoI bought
>the mortgage/lending side as well the B&W name which they continued to
>use for UK operations. So any products still operating under the B&W
>brand are ultimately provided by BoI.
>
>Mark

Is britannia not being bought up by co-op?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3185144/Co-op-and-Britannia-in-takeover-talks-to-create-a-super-mutual.html

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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:16:01 +0100, mogga put finger to keyboard and
typed:

>On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:51:45 +0100, Mark Goodge
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:26:47 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
>>keyboard and typed:
>>
>>>Someone (oh, really?) got a mortgage with Bristol and West some years
>>>ago.  They (B&W) have since become in part Bank of Ireland and in part
>>>Britannia Building Society.  The afore-mentioned person continues to
>>>receive mortgage statements headed 'Bristol and West'.  Is his mortgage
>>>with Bank of Ireland or Britannia Building Society?
>>
>>Bank of Ireland. 
>>
>>Britannia bought the branches and the savings/investments side of the
>>business, transferring them all to their own brand, while BoI bought
>>the mortgage/lending side as well the B&W name which they continued to
>>use for UK operations. So any products still operating under the B&W
>>brand are ultimately provided by BoI.
>>
>>Mark
>
>Is britannia not being bought up by co-op?
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3185144/Co-op-and-Britannia-in-takeover-talks-to-create-a-super-mutual.html

No. The proposals are for a merger, not a takeover (despite the sloppy
wording of that report). 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7665974.stm has a slightly more
accurate report.

Mark
-- 
"There must be a place, under the sun, where hearts of olden 
glory grow young"
http://mark.goodge.co.uk - my pointless blog
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk - my less pointless stuff

Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:57:29 +0100, Frederick Williams put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
> >
> >Thank you.  Are you the same Mark Goodge as the other Mark Goodge?
> 
> No; I'm the same one as this Mark Goodge.

How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is!  Oh brave new world,
That has such people in't.

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  The noise of life begins again
  And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.