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The Bank of Liverpool and Martins opens up shop in
the beautiful North-East coastal village of Bamburgh in July 1924. The
original branch is at 1 INGRAM LANE. The Bank has
branches in all manner of remote and romantic places, and Bamburgh certainly
ticks all the boxes, having its own Castle, being the ancient seat of the
Kings of Northumbria, and also being home to Grace Darling, who famously
rescued shipwrecked sailors at nearby SEA HOUSES, and who is buried here. By 1958 the Bank is looking for new
premises at Bamburgh, and on 30 september that year, this attractive building
is opened. Although nicely appointed in a
stone fronted building, Martins Bank’s Bamburgh sub-Branch is nowhere near as
romantic as a castle, and whilst they always go to extremes to helpful, we don’t
think any of the staff ever rescued a stranded sailor. It has however been tastefully
kitted out for the swinging 60s, and if we are not mistaken, that looks like
one of those new-fangled ITV aerials on the roof – just the thing to bring in
all those wonderful new shows from “Tyne Tees Television, Channel 9”
(“Diddle-im-pom-pom”) … |
In Service: Tuesday 30 September 1958 until Friday 16 January 1976 Image © Barclays Ref: 0033-0034 |
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