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2 unusual facts about Bureau de Change


Bureau de change

The 1994 news parody The Day Today featured a spoof soap opera called The Bureau, set in "a 'high class' bureau de change" and run by soap-opera stereotypes (the arrogant boss, the gay man, etc.).

In the programme, the soap supposedly replaced the BBC Nine O'Clock News, and then failed to attract large audiences leading to it being sent on tour on the back of a lorry.


Bank of Saint Lucia

It has branches in Gros Islet, Vieux Fort, Soufrière, and Castries (Bridge Street and the Waterfront Areas) as well as a Bureau de Change at Hewanorra International Airport.


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