11-84-30 London Fenchurch Street

We are still in search of ‘gold dust’ – that is, a photograph of 114 Fenchurch Street in its Martins days. Sad to say that although Barclays served customers from this very address until 2016, the original building was replaced many moons ago by concrete and glass, which means we can’t even take a picture of it now. Barclays closes its Branch at Fenchurch Street Station early in 1970, in favour of the Martins Building in which it sees a great deal of potential, as sometime between 1972 and 1976 it is demolished and rebuilt…

In Service: 15 July 1937 until 2 September 2016

Extract from Martins Bank Limited Annual Report and Accounts © Barclays 1939

Image (April 1951) © Martins Bank Archive Collections - Stephen Walker

During this mammoth building task, the business moves temporarily to 23 Lime Street, and the fuss is definitely worth it – the new building will stand the test of time, with Barclays operating there until September 2016 when it moved several numbers up the road to 100 Fenchurch Street. Martins Bank’s first Branch at Fenchurch Street was opened in 1937 in temporary premises at No 22 FENCHURCH STREET, before moving the following year to Nos 112/114. It was opened and Managed for the first three years by Mr E H Denman who became Joint General Manager of Martins Bank early in 1949. For our feature, we have just one retirement write-up from Martins Bank Magazine. It concerns Mr Bill Odell, who retires from the Managership of Fenchurch Street in 1967 after eleven years in the job, and forty-three in the Bank…

1967 04 MBM.jpg 1956 to 1967 Mr A J Odell Manager MBM-Wi67P55.jpg A considerable number of friends gathered in the canteen at 68 Lombard Street on October 27 to wish Bill Odell good health and a long and happy retirement. Of his 43 years' service Mr Odell spent nearly 30 years at Lombard Street, four with H.M. Forces and the remainder at Fenchurch Street where he was appointed Pro Manager in 1956. He was well known to many of the London District as Chairman of the London District Staff Association and of the Cicala Players, Secretary of the Cicala Luncheon Club and a member of the London District Dinner Committee. The proceedings were very informal, apart from a few words of good wishes and a welcome to Mrs Odell. Mr Odell was presented with a book of signatures and a cheque and Mrs Odell with a box of chocolates, the convivial tone of the evening being a compliment to Mr Odell and his wife.



*Mr E Norman-Butler* *Assistant Manager* *1937 to 1938*	*Mr E H Denman* *Manager* *1937 to 1940*	*Mr D C McClure* *Accountant* *1937 to 1955*	*Mr T I Bond* *Assistant Manager* *1940 to 1943*	*Mr J H Morrison* *Manager* *1940 to 1954*	*Mr H Slater* *On the Staff* *1940 to 1941*



*Mr G A King* *Pro Manager* *1943 to 1946*	*Mr Ernest Whitehead* *Pro Manager* *1943 to 1957*	*Mr S A Mitchell* *Assistant Manager* *1946 to 1954*	*Mr S Heaton* *Joined the Bank Here* *1951 to 1953*	*Mr P G F Foley* *Joined the Bank Here* *1952 to 1952*	*Mr E J A Salmon* *On the Staff* *1954 to 1955*



*Mr H A Locke* *Manager* *1954 to 1964*	*Mr J L Baughen* *On the Staff* *1956 to 1957*	*Mr A J Odell* *Pro Manager* *1956 to 1967*	*Mr J K Eccles* *Pro Manager* *1957 to 1965*	*Mr H K Williams MC* *Pro Mgr 1959 to 1964* *Manager 1964 onwards*	*Mr A W Wescombe* *Assistant Manager* *1962 to 1965*



*Mr J M Varty* *Assistant Manager* *1965*	*Mr K W Quigley* *Pro Manager* *1965 to 1967*	*Mr A W Rose* *Pro Manager* *1967*	*Mr K A Clark* *Pro Manager* *1967*

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11-84-30 London Fenchurch Street

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114 Fenchurch Street London EC3

440 London

Mon to Fri 1000-1500

Saturday 0900-1130

01 488 4845/7 &3547

Nightsafe Installed

Mr H K Williams MC Manager

Fenchurch Street is included in Martins’ London Account Number Allocation, where Branches due for automation are given “significant digits” to identify them at the London Computer Centre by account numbers issued and printed on customers’ vouchers. The Branch will be identified by the significant digits 1 0 .