Yorkshire Bank took place in the bank's heartland and many miners were customers, having been encouraged by the National Coal Board to have their pay mandated to a bank account. In 1990, the National Australia Bank Group acquired the bank from the consortium of owning banks which, after mergers and acquisitions, were the National Westminster Bank, (holders of 40%), Barclays Bank (32%), Lloyds Bank (20%), and Royal Bank of Scotland (8%). The price paid was £1 billion and the bank joined National Australia Bank's other European businesses, Clydesdale Bank (Scotland) and Northern Bank (which operated in both jurisdictions in Ireland). In May
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" was the first of several cartoons in which Daffy Duck would do a parody of a well-known character, but the only one in which he was actually competent. In other take-offs, such as "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", he was somewhat buffoonish, though still able to intimidate the bad guys. But, in later stories such as "Stuporduck", "Boston Quackie", "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce, You Say?" (in which he played "Doorlock Holmes"), Daffy was hopelessly outmatched. In 1994 it was voted #16 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. John