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
Annabel Abbs The Irish Times, The Weekend Australian Review, Psychologies and Elle Magazine" and speaks regularly at literary festivals. Abbs, Annabel (2016), "The Joyce Girl", Impress, UK, 2016 Abbs, Annabel (2018), "Frieda", Two Roads, UK, 2018 Annabel Abbs Annabel Abbs (born 20 October 1964) is an English award winning writer and author, whose novels have been published in more than 16 countries. The daughter of the poet, Peter Abbs, and the gardening writer, Barbara Abbs, Annabel lives in London and East Sussex. She was born in Bristol and grew up in Bristol, Dorset, Wales, and Lewes in East Sussex. She studied English