Hearty congratulations are due this week to Allan “Papa” Poppleton, stalwart lynchpin of the entire Bankstone empire, who celebrates a particularly fine 60-year innings this very Sunday.

In the interests of a) sparing Allan’s blushes and b) getting Bankstone News out before everyone has gone home for the weekend, we will say no more, but simply leave you with a handful of evocative vignettes from the long and illustrious career of the man they can simply “Allan” or sometimes even just “Al”.

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