Blackjane

I did want to try and find a home for all of them, but would consider splitting as it's not like it's a full set or anything. . . There were more than I thought for 1995: 18 March 22 April 8 July 23 September 23 December Then for 1997: 18 January For 1998: 22 August and finally for 1999: 13 March Any good?

Does anybody collect these? I have about 35 from between 1991 and 1994 with one or two others from 1995 - 1999, about 40 in total. After a bit of a new year spring clean, I'm looking to try and find a new home for them - is anybody interested?

Link to the article on mse: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/bank-charges-song 'New' Lyrics: This is a song for anyone who’s currently spending their leisure time trying to get their bank charges back – Rubbish! It’s a long hard road and I wish the best of luck to you, and I hope my story inspires you in your times of need. Cos I fought the Lloyds and the Lloyds lost They even paid the interest and the court costs At first they sent me letters saying ‘Dear Sir/Madam, get lost’ But I fought the Lloyds and the Lloyds lost At first I tried to call them, they made me listen to Elton John I even went along in person and they said, “sorry Sir but the first rule of banking is the bank is never wrong” So I crawl home, turn the web and mitchell on Open up Mozilla and go to MoneySavingExpert.com Where they made my heart beat far faster With their talk of the banking charter Yeah I fought the Lloyds, but I could have had Barclays And I've noticed HSBC has been getting a little bit sarky It's time us clients to alliance and lets just show them who's boss Cos I didn't think I'd win but, guess what? Lloyds lost! Oh... uh oh uh oh oh uh oh oh oh overdraft Oh... uh oh uh oh oh uh oh oh oh no I’m overdrawn But life got so much better... When I logged on and saw those sexy little template letters... It’s us against the banks, time to sign that petition And play this song outside your local branch till they listen Come on you bankers! Give us our cash Cos we won’t stop singing till we get it all back Yeah I fought the Lloyds and you can do it too Tell the listening bank it's time to listen to you At first they'll send you letters saying ‘you don't have a clue’ But I fought the Lloyds and so can you I fought the Lloyds were gonna win but they didn’t They say it’s fair to charge thirty quid, but it isn’t I fought the Lloyds were for the journey, but they’re not Cos I fought the Lloyds and the Lloyds lost.

Following Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua hitting the top of the chart totally unexpectedly prior to Christmas, is there likely to be another shock on the cards next week when this single, as promoted by the website moneysavingexpert.com (which has 1.6m subscribers to whom a weekly promotional email is sent), is released? It's a dodgy cover of the old Clash song, but is meant to raise awareness of rip-off Britain in the the shape of excessive bank charges. It would only take a relatively small proportion of the regular users of moneysavingexpert.com's subscribers to have pre-ordered this track (for just 50p) for it to chart quite high, and who knows - it may go all the way with very little other serious competition at this time of year?

Thanks again for the excellent commentary. Entertaining and informative, as ever. (and as always more prompt than James Masterton!)

Bearing in mind that Kylie's festive version of 'Santa Baby' has now risen to #52 on the itunes chart, and was somewhere between 75 and 100 in the early midweeks, is there any indication of whether we might expect to see a top 75 UK hit for this track on Sunday?