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 These rather grand
“large town house” premises remained open as a Barclays’ Branch at Chorlton
cum Hardy until the end of September 2022.
They originally belonged to the County Bank, whose successors the
District Bank came to the aid of Martins Bank in December 1940, when their
own Branch at Chorlton was completely destroyed by enemy action.
Martins rented the
building until the end of the war, and then purchased it from the District
Bank. The following is an extract from Martins Bank’s Minute Book:
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Service: December 1940 until 28 September 2022
Image © Barclays Ref
0030-0653
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Acc 80/588 :
14.06.1945 “Chorlton-cum-Hardy branch
destroyed by enemy action in December 1940, since which time we have rented
the well-appointed County Bank branch premises belonging to the District
Bank. The District Bank now offers to
sell them to us for £10,000. The
committee approved the purchase”
Some members of Martins Bank’s
staff manage to reach the end of their career before the 1969 merger with
Barclays. One such person is Mr
Headey, who has clocked up a lengthy forty-four year stint with the bank, the
last eight of which were spent as Manager of Chorlton-cum-Hardy Branch. As ever, Martins Bank Magazine provides a
verbal snapshot of the thankyous and goodbyes, which take place at the end of
March, 1968…
  on March 29 Mr Headey, Manager
at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, retired after 44 years’ service and a gathering of
some forty people, including Mr N. E. Foster and Mr W. P. Glover, attended at
the office to commemorate the occasion. After Mr
Foster had thanked Mr Headey for his service Mrs Swaisland presented a
bouquet to Mrs Headey. Mr Ratcliffe, remarking that one of Mr Headey’s
greatest interests was music, gave him a gramophone motor and turntable,
which will form the nucleus of a stereophonic record player he is assembling.
Mr Cutler, on behalf of the Bank Club, thanked him for his past work in
running the choir and the Bank Christmas parties. The assembled guests
enjoyed an excellent buffet meal and a pleasant evening was spent by all.
Beginning his career at Whalley Range, Mr Headey
continued in the Manchester District until his retirement. He was appointed
Clerk-in-Charge at Fallowfield in 1957 and Manager at Chorlton-cum-Hardy in
1960.
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Our thanks go once
more to Alan Thomond for the lovely contemporary image below of the Branch
at Chorlton cum Hardy. A shame perhaps that the original windows now have a
brick façade in front of them, but good to see the building still in use…
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Image © Barclays
Ref 0030-0653
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Image © Martins
Bank Archive Collections – Alan Thomond 2016
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