Once David finished his higher school certificate, he enrolled in the RAF to complete his 15 months of military service in time to take up his place at the London School of Economics the following year. While there, he returned to his teenage job of delivering milk, but this time up and down the stairs of blocks of East End flats When he finished LSE, he joined the staff of Westminster Foreign Bank. He was living with his landlady from his days at LSE, who now ran a pub in Drury Lane. The bank considered this unsuitable accommodation for one of their staff, but he dug his heels in and stayed put; he had a stubborn streak. Six months later, he decided to go to a dance at the London Welsh Club and, just as he was about to go home at 10 o'clock, in walked Nancy. The following week, they met in London to see the film L'Enfant Prodigue, which Nancy cried all the way through, and in the following two weeks, they both came down with a flu bug. Perhaps not the most promising start, but after that, David regularly visited Nancy in Putney, where she taught, and the die was cast for over 70 years. As Nancy had just accepted a post in South Wales, it was a long-distance courtship, but it was one in which David managed to land Nancy in the river Avon at Stratford after boasting he could punt when he couldn't! Following a promotion, David was transferred to the economic intelligence branch of Westminster Bank. He later became secretary to the chief executive of Westminster Bank. However, David always wanted to work directly with people and help them, so he was delighted to be appointed manager of the Charing Cross branch of Westminster Bank. He was elected to the prestigious Reform Club in Pall Mall, where he would dine customers. Unfortunately, his time at Charing Cross, which he loved, was short-lived as the bank had plans to merge with National Provincial Bank, and David was needed back in head office. However, he did return to branch banking when he became Area Director of the new joint bank for Lee Valley and West London. He ended his banking career back in the city in charge of Nat West lending. In retirement, David was able to continue helping people when he became chairman of Wimbledon Cheshire Holmes. He also served on the Ealing Health Board and was an inspector for the British Quality Awards. Later in retirement, he became a treasurer of Saint James, where some of you here will remember his work.