Two years ago today saw one of the darkest moments of the financial crisis, when the FTSE 100 fell to a new low and Barclays shares were going for as little as 81p.

On March 3, 2009, the UK's blue chip index fell to 3512.09, which was less than it was when Tony Blair was elected as Prime Minister on 2 May, 1997, when it was 4455.60.