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1927 is a
very busy year for the Bank of Liverpool and Martins, as preparations are
finalised to take on the Branches of the Halifax Equitable Bank, and those of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank from which the modern day Martins Bank will
be created. Oakworth is one of
seventeen new Branches and sub-Branches to be opened in 1927 as the “final
batch” of new offices of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins. Situated in a
beautiful part of God’s Own County (Yorkshire), Oakworth Station features in
the timeless classic film “The Railway Children”, and Martins Bank’s Branch
is located at Oakworth Hall. It is one of several former sub branches to
Keighley, and in its time it appears to have been a busy little office,
opening six days a week.
Following
the outbreak of the Second World War, Martins has to mothball or close a
large number of branches as the male staff are called up to fight for their
country. Even though an army of women
cashiers and clerks in charge is deployed, increased demand to provide more
staff for National Service means there is still a general staff shortage, and
it makes sense for the smallest branches to be temporarily or permanently
closed. Having survived an initial
cull of branches by Martins Bank in the period from 1930 to 1934, Oakworth is
finally put to rest in 1939. |
In Service:
10 May 1927 until 17 June 1939
Image
© Dave Baldwin – January 2016
Extracts
from Martins Bank Limited Annual Report and Accounts 1928 © Barclays |
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