Originally Posted by MIKESILV

You can open an account(s) with Lloyds TSB and retain your home address all you need to do is provide proof of your residence.
The accounts can be euros, US dollars or GBP (I have a US address and accounts in all three) but only allowed a chequebook on the GBP account which behaves exactly like a normal UK account.

Transfers between different currency accounts are free and I pay only account maintenance fees on one account.

mike