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The Effect of the Boom on the Building Society
J.W. Hunt was secretary of the Modern Permanent Building Society. He became a poor man and disgraced after his company went into receivership. His daughter told him how she had to go on with her life despite being wealthy. She said: 'They'd run up with the expectation they were a wealthy family, didn't have to'