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 Martins Bank’s Branches in the
Channel Islands are as much a gift for Barclays as those on the Isle of Man, AND of course the Bank’s numerous
Trustee and Investment offices and the many services they offer, headlined by
the hugely desirable “smash-hit” investment opportunity - Martins Unicorn
Unit Trusts. A winning combination of the top performing investment products
in dedicated offshore bases attracts investors by the score, and this will
prove to be a valuable nest egg for the combined bank for DECADES following the 1969 merger. On Jersey, the main Branch at 30 Halkett
Place opens in 1951, and the Guernsey office opens at St Peter Port in 1955.
Whilst this remains the only branch on Guernsey, Two further branches are opened on Jersey:
1960 at St Brelade, and at Gorey in 1964. Each branch in the Channel Islands
is part of London District, operated under the supervision of London District
Office. You can visit these Branches
by clicking on the leaflets shown here (right). The “Islands in the Sun”
motif and hand-drawn map of the Channel islands shown above, is taken from
Martins Bank Magazine’s visit to the islands during the Summer of 1966. A
more accurate representation of Guernsey and Jersey is shown here (below),
courtesy of our friends at Google Maps…
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  The
Summer of 1963 sees the 400TH Anniversary of Martins Bank, and with celebrations in full
swing, the Bank’s Branch at Halkett Place St Helier is given a complete
makeover. Many branches around the
country are also refurbished, or knocked down and rebuilt at this time, but
perhaps none is on the same scale as the transformation that takes place at
St Helier. The new counter alone is thirty-six feet long, and creates a
record for itself by being the largest single piece of furniture ever to have
been taken to the Island by aeroplane.
Martins Bank left behind a large number of photographs of the newly
refurbished Branch at St Helier, and these can be seen on our St Helier page.
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