11-74-80 South Shields Tyne Dock 8 Boldon Road

Messrs Dale and Company of South Shields opens a Branch at Tyne Dock, some time before 1892, after which, its business dealings are amalgamated with those of the North Eastern Banking Company. From then onwards, the Branch moves by the process of further amalgamations into the possession of Martins Bank Limited. Not surprisingly by the 1960s, a number of North Eastern Branches are in need of a long awaited refurbishment, and Tyne Dock is rebuilt in 1961. The original branch address is listed as 551 Stanhope Road, but by the time that Tyne Dock is featured as one of the “new branches for old” in Martins Bank Magazine, the demolished and rebuilt premises are known as 17 Boldon Lane. Building the new branch takes a number of months, and whilst the work is carried out, the Bank takes temporary premises over the road at 8 Boldon Lane.

In Service: 4 November 1961 until 21 October 1963

06 November 1961

18 October 1963

These two advertisements, which have been re-mastered, are taken out in the local press to alert customers to the closure of the old and the opening of the new Tyne Dock Branches, including the “stop-gap” temporary branch at 8 Boldon Lane.

Images © Martins Bank Archive Collections - Advertisements re-mastered 2018



*Miss Winsome Harris* *On the Staff* *1946 and 1960 onwards*	*Mr J Shotton* *Manager* *1954 to 1966*	*Mrs Valerie I Croft* *(née Redpath)* *Joined Here 1958 to ?*	*Mr G Peter Teasdale* *On the Staff* *1958 to 1962*	*Mr Sam Cross* *Joined the Bank Here* *1959 to 1964*	*Mr Alan E Spain* *On the Staff* *1960 to 1965*



*Mr A Clive Nicholson* *On the Staff* *1961 to 1964*	*Mr Martin B Williams* *On the Staff* *1961 to 1965*	*Mr Robert W Read* *On the Staff* *1962 onwards*	*Mrs Brenda Chalmers* *(née Poulter)* *On the Staff 1963 to ?*	*Miss Jackie Pitt* *Joined the Bank Here* *1963 to 1964*	*Miss Jacqueline Patterson* *On the Staff* *1963 to 1968*