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This is Martins Bank’s
Canning Place Branch, opened in 1927 by the Bank of Liverpool and Martins.
However, the business of this Branch begins a little earlier – in 1900 – as
Liverpool Custom House Branch at 21 Park Lane, opened by the Bank of
Liverpool.
You can see a separate
page for LIVERPOOL CUSTOM HOUSE Branch, and although no
photos of the original building have so far surfaced, there are some pictures
of the staff.
Meanwhile, back at
Canning Place Branch, it is February 1964, and Mr F W Cowan is about to
retire after what are described as forty-five extremely happy years with the
bank. As usual on these occasions,
Martins Bank Magazine is there to record the gossip…
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In Service: 1900 until 20
February 1984
Image © Barclays Ref
0030-1660
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  on his retirement as Manager of
Canning Place branch at the end of February, Mr F. W. Cowan asked that
formalities should be kept to a minimum and so it was that only a small
gathering of present and past members of his staff were at the branch when Mr
I. Buchanan (Liverpool District General Manager), on behalf of many subscribers,
presented Mr Cowan with a cheque and thanked him for all he had done within
the Bank and outside it; as an active supporter of the Operatic Society and
founder of the Managers' Club he had made and kept many friends and the same
could be said of his Toe H and National Savings Committee interests and of
his connection with the Club Ship Landfall. Mr Buchanan, reminding his listeners that Mr Cowan had
already worked for more than his allotted span, concluded by wishing him and
his wife every happiness. Mrs Cowan was presented with a bouquet by Miss V.
L. Ceilings. Mr Cowan responded with sincere
thanks to his branch colleagues in particular and to all those who had
enabled him to enjoy 45 extremely happy years in the Bank. The cheque would
enable him to buy a bureau, as henceforth he would have to write all his
letters, and later in the evening when Mr and Mrs Cowan with their daughter
Susan entertained a large gathering of old friends on c/s Landfall he was heard to tell them
that he had been presented with 'a desk in an envelope'. Mr Cowan entered the Bank in 1919 at Liverpool Foreign
branch and his career took him to Walton branch and Secretary's Department
before he became Clerk-in-Charge at Booker Avenue in 1939. Afterfour years in
H.M. Forces he returned in 1946 to Booker Avenue and was appointed Manager of
Scotland Road branch the following year. He took over the management of
Canning Place branch in 1954.
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