11-65-80 Liverpool Toxteth

The Bank of Liverpool opens a Branch at Toxteth to in 1888 and so begins a one hundred and four year relationship with the area that sees everything from the money rich times of the late nineteenth century, to the riots of the 1980s and beyond. In view of this record of service, that Martins Bank’s former Branch now sells “Bargain Booze” does not really seem a fitting end for this lovely old building but, since the late 1960s, change has come to every part of England and Wales, and altered many of the Bank’s Branches beyond recognition. For our Toxteth feature, we have a retirement write-up for a long serving member of the staff - After forty-four years, the last six of these as Manager of Toxteth Branch, Mr MacDonald retires, and receives the usual farewell gathering and gifts from his colleagues and friends…

In Service: 9 April 1888 until 16 October 1992

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Martins Bank Magazine Spring 1966 1960 to 1966 Mr K Macdonald Manager on a cold and wintry evening at the end of November, 26 colleagues and friends gathered at Toxteth Branch to extend warm good wishes to Kenneth Macdonald, the Manager, retiring after 44 years' service. Mr I. Buchanan (Liverpool District General Manager) paid tribute to Mr Macdonald for long and dedicated service to both Bank and customers, and particularly for his valuable training of staff. He presented him with a slide projector and expressed his best wishes for a long and happy retirement. Mrs Macdonald was handed a bouquet by Miss Foster. Thanking Mr Buchanan and his friends for their gift and their kindly thoughts, Mr Macdonald said he and his wife would now be able to indulge further their hobby of photography, even at the risk of boring their friends with holiday photographs. The guests were then entertained to a buffet meal. Earlier, Mr Macdonald had lunched with the General Management and with the District General Management at Head Office, and on November 30 the Liverpool Assistant District Manager called at the Branch to wish him well. Mr Macdonald joined the Bank at Head Office in 1921 and apart from three years in the R.A.F. spent all his career in the Liverpool District. He was appointed Manager at St Luke's Branch, Southport, in 1955 and became Manager at Toxteth in 1960.

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*Mr E B Gillard* *Joined the Bank Here* *1903*	*Mr H M Shaw* *Joined the Bank Here* *1905*	*Mr W R Woods* *On the Staff* *1910 to 1915*	*Mr W C Frost* *On the Staff* *1929*	*Mr W S Roberts* *Pro Manager* *1929 to 1930*	*Mr R M Shaw* *Pro Manager* *1930 to 1935*



*Mr H T Fielding* *Manager* *1934 to 1947*	*Mr J B Cullen* *Joined the Bank Here* *1941 to 1942*	*Mr A Butcher* *Joined the Bank Here* *1944 to 1946*	*Mr E Russell* *On the Staff* *1947 to 1948*	*Mr H Tonks* *On the Staff* *1948 to 1949*	*Mr D J Fryer* *Joined the Bank Here* *1949 to 1950*



*Mr K Macdonald* *Manager* *1960 to 1966*	*Mr H Dixon* *Staff 1951 to 1954* *Manager* *1966 onwards*