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=== Symbols === The symbol adopted by Taylors and Lloyds was the beehive, representing industry and hard work (thrift). In 1822, Taylors and Lloyds sent a letter to other banks to inform them of stolen banknotes, adding that it would engrave a symbol of a beehive to all future notes. [[W Dowler & Sons|Dowler & Sons]] made brass buttons embellished with beehives for branch messenger uniforms in the 1900s. Uniform buttons featuring a black horse with small beehives engraved around it were manufactured in the 1930s.<ref name=":0">Wall text from ''A Tale of Two Banks'', Museum on the Mound, Edinburgh.</ref> The black horse regardant device dates from 1677, when Humphrey Stokes adopted it as a sign for his shop. The reason why Stokes chose this horse is unknown, though it may have been a family crest because the black horse is heraldically posed in '[[Rampant|rampant regardant]]'.<ref name=":0" /> Stokes was a goldsmith and "keeper of the running cashes" (an early term for banker) and the business became part of Barnett, Hoares & Co. When Lloyds took over that bank in 1884, it continued to trade "at the sign of the black horse".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/company_heritage/Timeline/1851_1900.asp |title=Timeline 1851 β 1900 |year=2013 |publisher=Lloyds Banking Group |access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> The green of the Lloyds Bank was adopted in the 1920s for added distinctiveness.<ref name=":0" /> From 1884 to the 1920s, the black horse and the beehive were both used in cheques, until the beehive was dropped. During this period, other symbols were used; for example, the [[liver bird]], which was retained from the Liverpool Union Bank when it was taken over in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liverpool Union Bank records β Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb386-a/35 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk}}</ref> Since 1975, real black horses have been featured in Lloyds' television adverts, including [[Cancara]].<ref name=":0" />
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