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By the
mid-1930s, Martins Bank has a well-established system for the opening of new
branches in the South of England. An office is opened in a temporary
location, to coincide with the preparation of a permanent site nearby. Then
within the space of one to two years, an already established business can
move in to new, state of the art premises.
Richmond Herald 4 February
1939 Successor Rights Unknown -
Image reproduced with kind permission of The
British Newspaper Archive
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In Service:- 13 October 1938
until 25 November 1939
Image © Martins Bank Archive
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At
Richmond, the Bank finds premises for its temporary branch at 28 Red Lion
Street, a short walking distance away from 12 George Street, which is the
building that will be properly fitted out to become a permanent branch of the
Bank. The process takes just over a
year, and is it almost three months into the Second World war - at the end of
November 1939, by the time the new branch is ready and opened.
Whilst at Red Lion Street, the branch is run by Mr K P
Ralston, a Manager for whom we sadly do not have a photograph. He remains Manager of Richmond Branch when it
moves to George Street, and until his retirement at the end of August
1958. His career began at Head Office
in Liverpool in 1915, and he worked at a number of Liverpool District
Branches before his first appointment, which was as Clerk in Charge at Helsby
in 1937, followed swiftly by Manager at Richmond in 1938. Like many of the Northern managers who were
moved south to help the Bank expand the Branch network, he quickly put down
roots, and in 1953 he was elected Chairman of Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
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