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The Adelphi Bank opens
its Branch at Cadishead in 1892, seven years before amalgamating with the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Bank. The branch passes to Martins
in 1928, and, more or less at the same address, has been serving customers
ever since. (In 1974 Barclays moves
two doors down Liverpool Road to No 124).
For our feature, we journey back to August 1955, and the retirement after
twenty-one years as Manager at Cadishead, of Mr H I Jones. Mr Jones’s first appointment was as Clerk
in Charge at NEWTON
LE WILLOWS, a branch that only survives three years under Martins before facing
the axe. As usual for these occasions, Martins Bank Magazine is there to
report on events, and it pays tribute to Mr Jones…
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In Service: 1892 until 1974
Image © Barclays Ref 0030-0509
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  At the
end of August Mr. H. I. Jones. Manager at Cadishead since 1934. retired. He entered the service of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Bank in 1913 and his first appointment was as Clerk-in-Charge at
Newton le-Willows in 1925. In 1927 he was appointed Clerk-in-Charge at Lymm,
where he remained until 1934. On September
7th Mr. and Mrs. Jones entertained past and present members of the staff to
high tea at the Fir Grove Hotel, Grappenhall.
Mrs. Jones was presented with a bouquet by Miss Mavis Evans and Mr. C.
Houghton then presented Mr. and Mrs. Jones with a cheque on behalf of the
subscribers, with an expression of good wishes for a long and happy
retirement. Mr. Shenton, Manchester Superintendent of Branches, associated
himself with what had been said and referred to his early banking experience
with Mr. Jones. In responding, Mr.
Jones proposed a toast to the future of the Bank, to which Mr. Teare, the new
Manager, replied. Mr. Jones acted as Local
Treasurer of the National Savings Committee and of the War Memorial and other
funds and is an enthusiastic Freemason. We remember with pleasure meeting Mr.
and Mrs. Jones on the Bank tour to Austria last year and the many friends
they made on that occasion will wish to join with us in expressing every good
wish for the future.
The march of progress…
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Images © 1954 and 1969 Martins Bank Archive Collections –
Alan Jones
As the computerisation of bank accounts becomes a
reality, the humble cheque has a big part to play. The bottom line of a
cheque was first the preserve of a hand-written amount and a signature,
then just a signature, and finally a clear space for the magnetic ink
characters that will one day lead to the closure of bank branches altogether…
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