Opened
in 1868, Kirkby Lonsdale is an original branch of Messrs Wakefield, Crewdson’s
Kendal Bank, which merges with the Bank of Liverpool in 1893. The building we
see here is opened by the Bank of Liverpool in 1898, announced in the local
press as follows: Westmorland
Gazette 17 SEP 1898 Image © Northcliffe
Media Limited, created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD As we can see in the pictures below,
Kirkby Lonsdale undergoes expansion, which swallows up the shop next door. The object
is, of course, to achieve larger premises that allow for an expansion in
business. |
In Service: 1868 until 25 January 2022 Branch Images © Barclays
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This
is a prudent move, as banking between the mid 1970s and the late 1990s will
rely on an enormous quantity of paper transactions and records to the point
where staff are constantly boxing up and send off items to be stored in
central warehouses. Having survived
the merger with Barclays, Kirkby Lonsdale remained open into the twenty-first
century, albeit on much reduced opening hours, and closure was finally
announced by Barclays for 25 January 2022. Very little else has changed at
this listed building, apart from the addition of a Barclays cash machine in
the space of the large leftmost window. Whilst Martins Bank Magazine doesn’t
pay Kirkby Lonsdale a visit, we have been able to dig out a few short
articles concerning members of the staff, which we have reproduced below…. Small town expansion…x |
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A lady customer at Kirkby Lonsdale
branch announced sadly the loss of her dog – “Is it”, asked Mr R Jopson, “a
brown and white terrier with rather long legs?” “Yes”, replied the lady,
hopefully. “If you go down the street to the Green, I think you will find it
playing with some other dogs”. The lady went to the Green to return later,
with her dog and full of gratitude. “All part of the service” blandly
explains Mr G A Bateson, our manager… |
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Hazel Robinson of our Kirkby Lonsdale
Branch was chosen to be the first ‘Miss Westmorland Young Farmer’ at a dance
in Whittington in July 1968. She is chairman of Hutton Young Farmers’ Club. Unaccustomed as she is…
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Title: Type: Address: Index Number and District: Hours: Telephone: Services: Manager: |
11-24-50 Kirkby
Lonsdale Main
Branch 66
Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorland 213
Northern Mon
to Fri 1000-1500 Saturday
0900-1130 Kirkby Lonsdale 254 Nightsafe
Installed R H Watson Manager |
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Kirkby in Furness |
1868 1893 1898 18 December 1918 3 January 1928 15 December 1969 25 January 2022 |
Opened by Messrs
Wakefield, Crewdson – The Kendal Bank Bank of Liverpool Moved to 66 Main
Street Bank of Liverpool and
Martins Martins Bank Limited Barclays Bank Limited
20-47-04 Kirkby Lonsdale Closed permanently
from 12 noon |
Kirkby stephen |
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