11-90-40 Manchester Hulme

Hulme’s claim to fame in the 1960s is the large number of radio shows that are broadcast - many of them live - from the Hulme Hippodrome. These include hugely popular shows, such as “The Clitheroe Kid” which is perhaps, the most fondly remembered of these productions to be on the air during Martins’ final days. Many of these programmes are still heard today on the BBC’s Archive channel Radio 4 extra.

1925 L and Y Bank Hulme Cheque 4CB-IB

Just into the 20th Century, this Hulme cheque is from its life as

a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank…

In Service: By 1899 until May 1969

1937 Manchester Hulme Exterior BGA Ref 30-1811

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank branch at Hulme, which is originally opened by the Adelphi Bank, comes to Martins Bank in 1928, and by 1967 it is on the list of Manchester branches scheduled for possible demolition. We do not know how soon the building was demolished, but we do know that the Branch was closed late 1968 / early 1969, and moved to temporary premises at 131 Stretford Road. This temporary branch made it through the merger with Barclays, closing its doors for the final time in April 1971. Today modern buildings line both sides of the road in which this Branch once stood. In an article written after a tour of several branches faced with the prospect of demolition, Martins Bank Magazine provides us with only this tiny insight into life at Hulme branch…

1967 03 MBM.jpg At Hulme one can park outside the branch on Stretford Road, a busy main thoroughfare, without difficulty because the whole area is slowly dying. The deep purple tint of old mahogany, the church pew in the customers’ space, the intricate patterns of wood and glass around the Manager’s Room – with the title still on the glass of its door – are an indication of more affluent and active days dating back eighty years. Light industry northwards, and blocks of flats to the south will change the look of this semi-derelict area where once the small businesses raked in the money from the Saturday shoppers. Now the street and the branch are quiet, but the branch is still profitable, for those who have moved on and retained their connections – a tribute to branch management at its best.



*Mr W E Taylor* *Joined the Bank Here* *1915*	*Mr E B Turner* *Manager* *1945 to 1958*	*Jacqueline S Moore* *On the Staff* *1953*	*Mr F H Foster* *Clerk in Charge* *1963 to 1966*	*Mr J E Preston* *Clerk in Charge* *1966 onwards*	*Miss A E Broadbent* *On the Staff* *1967*



*Mr L Hill* *On the Staff* *1967*	*Mrs A J Burns* *On the Staff* *1967*