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Is that a Wall’s® Ice Cream
Sign? - Quick: Let’s get the banking
done, and then pop next door for a double ‘99’… Spennymoor is an original branch of the
North Eastern Banking Company and it opens on 8 September 1873. Two years
later, that bank takes on the branches of the Alnwick and County bank, and
this presents the newly enlarged bank with the problem of how to staff its
new total of twenty-six branches spread not only across the Newcastle area,
but up into Northumberland including some places that are “off the beaten
track”. A series of amalgamations
continues until in 1928 - when the marriage of the Bank of Liverpool and
Martins with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank results in the creation of
Martins Bank Limited. With branches
such as Spennymoor now under its wing, a long period of stability enables
Martins to expand across England and Wales.
The next upheaval – the final one to date
– is the merger with Barclays, which is a curious time for many of the Bank’s
staff in the North East, who feel as if Martins is taking over Barclays in
this part of the country as the sheer number of branches in this, the Bank’s
largest district, seems to vastly outweigh the former opposition! |
In Service: 8 September 1873 until 1 June 2018
Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0033-0524 |
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Spennymoor
Counter (OLD) 1
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Spennymoor
Counter (OLD) 2
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Spennymoor
Counter (NEW) |
The newly
decorated Manager’s Room |
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