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The sub-Branch at 91 Cavendish Street, Keighley is something of an
anomoly. Although it would appear that this was an original branch of the
Halifax Equitable Bank, it is not listed by Martins in the directory of
branches included in the Annual Report and Accounts for 1927. Instead it appears the following year, and subsequently until 1930. Intriguingly the image above shows the
Branch for sale, which could place it as have been taken in 1930, or could it
have been originally Martins’ intention to sell in 1927, followed by a change
of heart? Whatever the case, Cavendish
Street really IS a Branch of Martins for at least two years. |
In Service:
Pre 1927 until 1930
Image
© Martins Bank Archive Collection - Courtesy Julian Taylor
Image
© Barclays 1927 |
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Keighley Branch itself also throws up a logistics problem – it is parent
to a large number of tiny sub Branches which are opened and closed between the mid 1920s and the 1940s. Staffing these branches for one or two
hours a week is a time and manpower heavy concern, and by the 1960s only
three will survive and make it as far as the merger with Barclays.
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