Looking back at how the Fylde's famous Ernie has changed over the years
Premium Bond random number generator Ernie has taken a quantum leap, as the fifth generation of the technology has been launched.
The new Ernie is a chip around the size of a grain of rice, whereas the original version - based at Premium Bonds in St Annes - was 3.5 metres long, weighed 1,500kg and was described as being the size of a van. Here’s a peek into the archives at how it used to look.