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Wordsworth’s local branch …well, sort of… “I wandered
lonely as a cloud… …and as usual found myself never too far away from a Lake
District branch of Martins Bank”. Oh
alright, that wasn’t exactly Wordsworth, but this is: –
Amongst the treasures left to history by the Kendal Bank is a letter to them
from the poet, William Wordsworth (below).
Some idea of the influence of the Bank is suggested by his writing to
ask for a loan of £1,620 to “tide over” his nephew. This is of course a not inconsiderable sum
in the late 1700s. Whilst Wordsworth’s poetry is easy on the ear, his
handwriting is not easy on the eye, but isn’t that always the mark of
a “genius”? |
In Service: Pre 1893 until 7 April 2000
Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0033/0239
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Martins
Bank’s Branch at Grasmere serves generations of tourists, villagers, and who
knows, probably poets too, until the turn of the Twenty-First Century,
when Barclays finally lays the pen to rest…
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Image of Letter and some text: FOUR
CENTURIES OF BANKING Vol II © Martins Bank Limited 1968
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