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South
Shields King Street Branch is the home of Messrs Dale Young and Co Bankers,
(1857) which in 1892 is taken over by the North Eastern Banking Company
Limited. Just twenty-two years later, the North Eastern amalgamates with the
Bank of Liverpool. Four years after that The Bank of Liverpool amalgamates
with Martin’s Private Bank, and South Shields Branch finds its way by further
amalgamation into Martins Bank’s North Eastern District, in 1928! King street is one of the oldest Martins
Branches still to be in service as a branch of Barclays. With branches at
Tyne Dock, Laygate, Harton and Westoe, Martins has the South Shields area
fully covered. Our features below mark
first the arrival, and then the departure eleven years later, of one of King
Street’s Managers, Mr J A Charlton…
Arrival…
 Mr
J A Charlton, Manager of King Street Branch, South Shields, entered the
service of the North Eastern Banking Company Limited in 1914 at Sea Houses
Branch. After service at Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on the District
General Manager’s Staff, Mr Charlton was appointed Pro Manager at King
Street, South Shields in 1938. He became Manager of Byker Branch in 1940 and
was appointed to his present position on 1 July 1946.
Departure…
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In Service: 1857 until present day
1940s: Image © Martins
Bank Archive Collections
1960s: Image © Barclays
Ref 0030/2743
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 On
the last day of October Mr. and Mrs. Charlton invited many of their friends in
the Bank to be their guests at a buffet tea held in the Royal Hotel, South
Shields, to mark the occasion of his retirement from the Bank after 43 years'
service. About 40 past and present
members of his staff and many of Mr. Charlton's old friends were present and
during the course of the party Mr. H. W. Warwick, Pro Manager at King Street,
handed over a cheque representing the contributions of the subscribers, many
of whom were unable to be present. Mr.
Warwick spoke in warm terms of the qualities which had endeared Mr. Charlton
to his staff and to his friends and wished him well on behalf of everybody.
Miss Moira Sutton, the senior lady member of his staff, presented Mrs.
Charlton with a bouquet. Mrs. Charlton, as Janet Greenwell, was herself
formerly a member of our staff. Mr. Charlton
entered the service in 1914 at Seahouses. From 1916-19 he served with H.M.
Forces, afterwards returning to Sea- houses. He went to Durham in 1920 and to
Newcastle upon Tyne in 1921. He was appointed Pro Manager at King Street in
1938, Manager at Byker in 1940 and Manager at King Street in 1946. Mr. and
Mrs. Charlton have retired to a bungalow in Ponteland.
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 For our glimpse at the changeover of King street
from Martins to Barclays, we have FOUR images – two exterior shots compare
the 1960s and 1970s, whilst two internal views show the counter in the 1970s,
and the banking hall of the early 1980s…
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