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This
advertisement from the Hull Daily Mail of 4 December 1929 is one of the
oldest we have that includes the modern day Martins Bank, formed in 1928
through the amalgamation of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins with the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank.
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Bridlington
– it’s bracing! - and the sea air must be good, as Mr Harold Bonner
who has been Martins Bank’s Manager there since 1949, has just completed 47
years of service. He will be succeeded in 1966 by Mr G T Greenfield, who
will take the branch through the merger with Barclays. In a review that is much shorter than
usual, the following article, published in Martins Bank Magazine in 1966,
looks back at Mr Bonner’s time with the Bank, and treats us to the
customary description of how his retirement is marked by his colleagues…
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In Service: 2 December 1929 until 12 March 1971
 
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Barclays Ref 0030-0382 September 1954
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 on october 28 Harold Bonner and his
wife entertained some 50 colleagues and friends to drinks and a splendid
buffet meal in delightful surroundings at the Brentwood Hotel. The occasion
marked Mr Bonner's retirement as Manager of Bridlington branch after nearly
47 years' service, all of which had been spent in the Leeds District, with
ten years as Pro Manager at Westgate and four years with H.M. Forces. A bouquet was
presented to Mrs Bonner by Miss Jean Abbott and a gold wrist watch,
subscribed by colleagues, was presented to Mr Bonner by Mr P. M. Lister
who mentioned that in his banking life Mr Bonner had been ill only four
times and that on each occasion his absence had been for two days. Mr Lister expressed his delight at seeing
so many customers present and he wished Mr and Mrs Bonner a long and
healthy retirement. In reply Harold Bonner
said he had always enjoyed his work and that he prized above all the many
friendships he had made during his career, particularly in his seventeen
years in Bridlington.
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