Will start packing the notes under the mattress in my trolley case and will be over on Monday's Ryanair flight from Bergamo to L'pool then I can open an account in the UK -should never have closed it...

I might tell - my son to remain in India and transfer all his money from here into Rupees, could be a better bet in the long run -he could live there quite comfortably for years with the cost of living there..
I hope this is just a bit of scare-mongering....
By the way, A-B you haven't ellucidated on 1973.....I am all ears!