8:40 AM: The Havisham Hour. Day/Page/Sketch #241 of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations --The Bank of England, one of the oldest in the world, is custodian to the official gold reserves of the UK. The vault, beneath the City of London, needs keys that are three feet long to open. It holds 4600 tons of gold, which have a current market value of £156,000,000,000.-- Visit www.HavishamHour.com to order fine prints, listen to previous podcasts, and to learn more about this project. ©2013 Julio Panisello.