The Man Credited With Being The Inventor Of The World's ATM Has Died

ATM Machine In Birmingham

The BBC News website reported today the death of Mr Shepherd-Barron the man credited with being the inventor of the world's first hole-in-the-wall cash dispenser has died. Mr Shepherd-Barron came up with the idea for a cash machine while in the bath. The first ATM machine was installed at a Barclays bank in London in 1967 and at that time the machine paid out a maximum of £10 a time. His wife influenced his thoughts on the Pin, used to operate the machines. The inventor could remember his six-figure Army number but he ran the idea by his wife Caroline. Mr Shepherd-Barron said: "Over the kitchen table, she said she could only remember four figures, so because of her, four figures became the world standard."
Photo Number: 139-365 Year2
Date Taken: Wednesday 17 May 2010
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Artists donated for the Cure Leukaemia Art Auction in Birmingham

Artists donated for the Cure Leukaemia Art Auction in Birmingham and raised £13,000 towards the charity. I contributed by donating “Cavernous Deep” a photograph printed on glass and here the successful bidder Gavin Buckley is joined by Fine Art auctioneer Martin Lambert from Humberts (Cotswold) Ltd.

The Cure Leukaemia Appeal is a multi-million pound project launched in 2004 to create a world class centre of excellence for clinical leukaemia research at University Hospital Birmingham.
The website www.artauctionbirmingham.co.uk has loads of information about the participating artists, and the project.
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