Things do move slowly, very slooooowly at C. Hoare & Co. By comparison, continental drift is rather like Speedy Gonzalez on...er...speed.
Some years back, there apparently was a huge debate within Hoare’s Bank over opening a branch in the West End of London, to wit 32 Lowndes Street, in addition to its head office.
The more elderly partners were only persuaded to support the flashy new outlet for Belgravia toffs after it was explained that the branch was only eight stops up the District & Circle Lines from the bank’s Fleet Street HQ. It thus merely represented an adjoining annexe rather than sep...
