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In Service:
1 October 1924 until 1933
Extract from the
Bank of Liverpool and Martins Annual Report and Accounts 1924 © Barclays
Extract from
Martins Bank Annual Report and Accounts 1929 © Barclays
Image © BT 1929
Newspaper Article ©
Reach PLC and Find my Past created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Text reproduced with kind permission of The British
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The Bank of Liverpool and
Martins opens a sub branch at Harlesden NW10 in 1924. Harlesden is a sub-Branch to Kingsway,
Africa House – managed overall by Mr H Dickman, but also with a Clerk in
Charge in place at Harlesden. We have been able to find a photograph of
someone who was Clerk in Charge between 1927 and 1929, an this can be seen in
our Staff Gallery below. That Harlesden has a telephone line as early as the
1920s and could have been for two reaons: Firstly and most simply, the
distance between Harlesden and Kingsway may necessitate a phone not only to
receive instructions from the main Branch, but also to use for emergencies. Secondly,
a telephone is a symbol of social status, which may draw potential customers
and wealthy investors! The branch does not last long, being closed at the end
of March 1933, probably victim to the first round of branch consolidations
made by Martins following the rebuilding of 68 Lombard Street and the
erection of a new Head Office Building in Liverpool.
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