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With the amalgamation of the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank and the Bank of Liverpool and Martins comes a
comprehensive list of Manchester Branches.
Undoubtedly there is some “overlap”
and adjustments are made to keep a good customer base without the extra
expense of covering the same area twice.
However, the case of Cheetham Hill Road is a little different. So, from 1928, Martins Bank finds itself
propietor of THREE Branches in Cheetham Hill Road: - Nos 25, 87 and 209a.
The Second World War sees the Bank’s Branches either run by the amazing army
of women clerks in charge featured in our MARTINS AT WAR pages, or mothballed
for the duration of hostilities as staff simply cannot be found or
spared. A few of these branches will
not be opened again after the war. Amongst their number is No 87 Cheetham
Hill Road (pictured here courtesy of W N Townson Bequest) and the branch is
closed on 4 December 1941. There seem
to be a few anomalies where No 87 Cheetham Hill Road is concerned. The first
you will gather from looking at the staff gallery below. A manager AND a Clerk in Charge are both
listed in Martins Bank Magazine, and their roles appear to have overlapped
for several years! |
Image © Martins Bank
Archive Collection – The W N Townson Bequest
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We have also been unable to
trace any Monday to Friday opening hours for the branch, although local directories
of the time do list some Saturday hours. Also, No 87 Cheetham Hill Road is
actually known in its Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank days as Cheetham Branch,
whereas under Martins Bank that title has passed to No 25 Cheetham Hill Road… |
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