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The Palatine
Bank sets out with simple, noble ideals – it wants to be a kind of “people’s
bank”, providing basic banking facilties for the people of Manchester and the
surrounding area. Oldham Werneth
sub-Branch, which comes to Martins Bank from the 1919 amalgamation of the
Bank of Liverpool and Martins with the Palatine Bank, has one of the longest
serving members of the wartime lady staff, Miss May Jones (below, right, and
staff gallery). She works as Clerk in
Charge from the moment in 1941 that the Bank’s male staff are called up for
war duty until 1946. Even though Werneth is subsequently run as a self
accounting sub-branch, we only have May in our staff gallery, as we presently
cannot determine who else worked there.
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In Service: 21 July 1919 until 29 June 1992
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© Barclays Ref 0030/3121
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If you can help, please do
get in touch with us at the usual address: martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com. It has already been well documented on this site that
the role played by women in keeping Martins’ business going during the Second
World War is a crucial part of the Bank’s history, and something of which the
Bank as an employer can be proud.
For beyond meeting the
simple task of maintaining key branches with available staff, the Bank sees
the true value its army of women Clerks in Charge. They are celebrated in several post war
features in Martins Bank Magazine, and these are presented in our MARTINS AT WAR section.
When Barclays takes over in 1969, Werneth becomes a full branch, and
it does last until 1992.
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