At
the end of May Mr. E. C. Aspinall retired after 43 years' service which
commenced with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank in 1912.His service was at
Shudehill and Great Ancoats Street branches prior to his appointment as
Manager at Buxton in 1936. During the
First World War Mr. Aspinall joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1915 and was
wounded in France, being invalided out of the Army. On the last day
of May he entertained his staff to a meal and afterwards took them to a
play at the Buxton Playhouse. Mrs. Aspinall and Mrs. Gilby were present but
a number of colleagues were prevented from attending because of the railway
strike. The presentation of a Parker pen
set was made on behalf of the subscribers by Mr. Gilby, the new manager,
who conveyed the good wishes of everyone for the future. Mrs. Aspinall was
presented with a bouquet of carnations. Mr.
Aspinall intends to devote his leisure to his interests in art, travel and
voluntary work.
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In 1949, Martins Bank engages the services of the
renowned artist Geoffrey Wedgewood to produce a series of images to be used
in the Bank’s Advertising. The result is a set of beautiful drawings
representing towns in Britain that had previously been under Roman
Occupation. Each of the
Advertisements is headed with the Roman name of the town, and there is a
short description in writing of the significance of that town in Roman
Times. Buxton – AQUAE – is
represented by this image of fine buildings, a reminder of Buxton’s appeal
to the gentry who derive health benefits from the town’s natural spa
waters…
A further
retirement, marked at the end of October 1968 is tinged with sadness, when
Mr Gilby, Manager of thirteen years’ service at Buxton, retires on grounds
of ill health. Sadly this type of exit from the bank is all too common, and
we wonder what stresses and strains of work, not to mention the dangers of
working where smoking was freely permitted, had on some of Martins’ Bank’s
staff. Mr Gilby asks for a quiet
send off, and accordingly the article in Martins Bank Magazine is short and
to the point:
At his specific request no
formal ceremony marked the retirement on helth grounds of Mr Gilby on 31
October. His 42 years’ service were
all spent in Manchester District, apart from five years with H M Forces,
and he had been Manager at Buxton since 1955. Before his retirement he was entertained
to lunch by his District General Manager in Manchester.
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- GEOFFREY WEDGWOOD 1949
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