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 The second Branch is the legendary DRIVE-IN BANK at CHARLES
STREET, which opens in
1959, and for which Martins Bank seeks maximum publicity. Hotel Street makes it through the merger
with Barclays in 1969, remaining open until 1985, just managing to
celebrate a total fifty years (and two months to the day) in service! We are
indebted to Rex Kellett for this photograph (right) of the original Martins
Coat of Arms placed above the door of Leicester Hotel Street Branch in
1935. Rex had contacted us to say a
member of the family had acquired the brass sign from a former Manager of
the Branch, and we were amazed to see how well preserved it has remained. It is not often that original signage turns
up, and when it does it is often damaged.
This is a wonderful example, and we are grateful to Rex for taking a
number of pictures of his find to be kept within the Archive.
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Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections - Geoffrey
Wedgwood
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