11-43-50 Bootle Linacre

It is easy to become confused by Martins Bank’s four Bootle (Lancashire) Branches. For a start, there were FIVE of them, until Strand Road was put out of action by a bomb in the Second World War. Of those that remain, three are in the same road, and they all become part of Martins Bank Limited, through the various mergers and amalgamations that take place around the turn of the Twentieth Century. Linacre is opened in 1898 by the Bank of Liverpool, and so never really changes hands as the bank itself is renamed a couple of times before becoming the Martins Bank we know today. By the early 1960s, the Branch at 508 Stanley Road, known as Linacre Branch is the biggest of the four, in terms of business and number of staff.

In Service: March 1898 until 2 November 1990

Image: Owner unknown. (Thanks to Keith Jones for his assistance)

We were delighted to find this atmospheric view of Linacre from its early days under the Martins Bank signage, which features in the collection of Keith Jones on Flickr®. At the moment we do not know the exact origin of the photograph, and if anyone can shed light on the ownership of the image, please do get in touch with us at the usual address – martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com. Whilst no external view of Linacre Branch was left to Barclays in the Martins Branch Photos Collection, there are a number of interior shots, some of which are shown here. For our Linacre feature, we look to the Summer 1964 edition of Martins Bank Magazine which pays a lighting visit to Linacre, having also visited each of the other three Bootle Branches…

1964 02 MBM.jpg Within a fortnight of our office opening at 211 Stanley Road, the third of the Bank of Liverpool branches, Linacre, opened at 508 Stanley Road. Today the site, opposite a park at a wide roundabout, is quite impressive. It has been extended as the seams threatened to burst and is now under the management of Mr H. S. Judge who is supported by a lone Yorkshireman, Mr R. H. Watson, imperturbable among his young Lancashire colleagues.

Image © Barclays Ref 0030-1633

1960 s Bootle Linacre Interior 1 BGA Ref 30-1633

Image © Barclays Ref 0030-1633

Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections - Stephen Walker



*Mr J R Whittle* *Joined the Bank Here* *1909 to 1911*	*Mr W H Rogers* *On the Staff* *1913 to 1921*	*Mr A S Jopling* *Joined the Bank Here* *1927 to 1929*	*Mr J H Thomas* *On the Staff* *1932 to 1942*	*Mr J W Hobley* *On the Staff* *1935-36 and 1943-44*	*Mr D G Telfer* *On the Staff* *1942 to 1943*



*Mr C E Cross* *On the Staff* *1944 to 1945*	*Mr J Atherton* *Joined the Bank Here* *1945 to 1947*	*Mr R C Telford* *Manager* *1945 to 1958*	*Mr H Williams* *Joined the Bank Here* *1949 to 1950*	*Mr Michael P Mawdsley* *Joined the Bank Here* *1953*	*Mr G D Mills* *On the Staff* *1955 to 1956*



*Mr R H Watson* *Pro Manager* *1959 to 1964*	*Mr H S Judge* *Manager* *1964 onwards*	*Miss A A Cant* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Miss B W Tinsley* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Miss C A Mc Sorley* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Miss J Murray* *On the Staff* *1964*



*Miss M A Cragg* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Miss W A Johnson* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Mr A J Delamere* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Mr A J Morris* *On the Staff* *1964*	*Mr D G Higgins* *Pro Manager* *1964*	*Mr J D Bretherton* *On the Staff* *1964*