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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank opens a Branch at Whalley Range in
April 1921. Along with the majority of Martins Bank’s Manchester City and
area branches, it comes to the Bank
through the amalgamation of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins with the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank.
Even though many Branches in the area are closed between 1928 and 1940,
Martins still retains a huge presence in Manchester. In the sixties, Whalley Range is under the control
of MANCHESTER BROOKS’S BAR Branch. Opening
hours are restricted, with the branch closing for lunch, and also one hour
early on weekdays.
On Saturday mornings Whalley
Range opens half an hour after, and closes half an hour before the main
branch at Brooks’s Bar. This would
suggest that the branch may be run by just one member of staff with the
assistance of a guard, and that the shorter hours allow for the
transportation of work from sub to main Branch without causing delays or
overtime.
During
the Second World War, Whalley Range is closed between 1941 and 1947. It just
survives the merger with Barclays, but doesn’t last very long afterwards, and
the doors are closed for the final time at the end of 1972. We can find no reference to Martins Bank
Magazine having paid the branch a visit, and so far, we have only found one
image for our staff gallery below. Today the building is an internet café… |
In Service: 15 April 1921 until 1 December 1972
Image
© Barclays |
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