The ANZ Retired Officers' Club is holding its Christmas Party on the 6th of December in Sydney. Some former colleagues, whom I last saw in the late 'sixties, have urged me to attend so we can meet up again.
However, only members can attend. To become a member, one has to have had at least 20 years' service with the ANZ Bank.
20 years! That's half a lifetime!
Instead of working with the ANZ Bank for 20 years, I stayed for just two-and-a-bit and moved on to 50-odd (or should that be 50 odd?) other jobs in Germany, South-West Africa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Burma, Singapore, Iran, Australia, Western Samoa, Malaysia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Greece. Much more fun than serving behind a bank counter for 20 years!
Anyway, I submitted my membership application and promised that, if they let me come to the Christmas Party, I'll wear the old ANZ-Bank tie, with my underwear on the head and two pencils stuck up my nose.
Yours truly third from right. Click on image to see the boarding house
Old bankers never die, they just want to be a loan!
