The man who invented the cash machine

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I'm not the only one turning 40 this year. :hi:

The man who invented the cash machine

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The world's first ATM was installed in a branch of Barclays in Enfield, north London, 40 years ago this week.

Reg Varney, from the television series On the Buses, was the first to withdraw cash.

Inspiration had struck Mr Shepherd-Barron, now 82, while he was in the bath.

"It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world or the UK. I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash."

The full story about this Scottish Archimedes can be read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6230194.stm