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In Service: 1961 until 27 February 1969 |
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Martins Bank’s Branch at Banbury
Cattle Market is opened in 1961 at a point in the Southern
expansion of the Bank that sees many new sub branches opened at cattle
markets (known in the North as Auction Marts), industrial workplaces and
universities. Banbury once boasted one of the largest cattle markets in
Western Europe, dating from Victorian times, even served by its own railway
branch line. |
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Although the cattle market itself
closes down in 1966, Martins’ sub-Branch there is kept open to serve the
immediate area, until February 1969.
We would really like to find an image of the cattle market from the
early 1960s, and it would be even better if there was a shot that included
the branch. If you can help with
images or information about this or any of Martins Bank’s 1000+ Branch
buildings, please do get in touch with us at the usual address, martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com. Six months after the opening of the main branch at
Banbury (pictured below), Martins Bank Magazine pays the branch a visit and
makes the following obervation regarding the necessity for the Bank to open a
Cattle Market Branch as soon as possible: At
the moment, Banbury is essentially a market town and its cattle market is
open four days a week, once for sheep, once for stores and attested cattle,
once for general sales and once for Irish cattle. Three
of the other banks have branches there, and it is obvious that we must open
one ourselves at the earliest possible moment. With the developments to come, therefore,
we appear to have arrived at just the right time, and in six months our
business has made most satisfactory and gratifying progress. |
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