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Under Martins Bank, Holloway Road
is a full branch which opens full banking hours across a six day week. The image on the right shows the branch in
the days when London trams travelled up and down Holloway Road, on their way
to and from Highbury Corner. It is not the most attractive of buildings, but
from a social history viewpoint, there is much to see.
The Branch building itself seems
almost lost at the foot of the four-storey Drivers & Norris Estate
Agents’ building. The image underneath
seems to have been taken from a closer perspective in order to try and exclude
the tramline pole that is obscuring the name of the Bank.
We are delighted that these
images have emerged from Barclays’ collection, but is it a shame that we
still have no interior views of Holloway Road Branch. Early in 1970, just
after the merger with Barclays, the Business of the Branch is merged with
Barclays’ the Branch next door. See (“Then and Now” below).
In the short magazine feature
below, Holloway Road branch appears to be the subject of a hold-up, which in
the 1960s are an ever-present threat to bank branches, but here, thankfully,
things are not exactly what they seem…
Hold-up at Holloway Road!
Image © Martins Bank
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This building in Service: 1940 until 25 August 2022
Images © Barclays
Ref 0030-1333
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The Hellions is a western style drama set in
South Africa in the early years of the twentieth century. It stars Richard
Todd and Marty Wilde amongst others. We don’t expect that the stars of the
film themselves are taking part in this stunt, and those in the picture will
have to remain anonymous, as Martins Bank Magazine doesn’t name them…
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