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The Bank of Liverpool and
Martins opens a branch at St John’s Chapel in 1927, which becomes the parent
branch to the nearby office at Wearhead, which was opened in 1905 by the
North Eastern Banking Company. This
handsome little office in the Market Place at St John’s Chapel remains in
service until early into the the new Millennium. Friend of the Archive, Peter
Maxwell, contacted us from his home in New Zealand with this short message
recalling the time he worked for Martins at this Branch:
The Manager and I… “Thank you for all the trouble that you have taken in bringing all this information
about Martins Bank together. Obviously a labour of love – well done. I
joined Martins Bank 1st January 1968 at WOLSINGHAM branch – a three-man office in Weardale in County Durham. After 6 months there I was
transferred to St John’s Chapel Branch, also in Weardale – a two-man office (the manager and I!) which also
had a sub branch at WEARHEAD . We operated
at Wearhead on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and St John’s
Chapel at all other times” |
In Service: 3 May 1927 until 7 April 2000
Image © Barclays Ref: 0030-2526 |
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