11-78-51 Blackpool South Shore

Seaside Postcard.jpg Ice-creams and saucy postcards, paying the bill to the landlady from hell, it all adds up – and in the days before debit cards and cash machines, Martins Bank has the answer by filling Britain’s favourite holiday resort with Branches!

Thanks to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank’s original prescence here, you are never too far from a Branch here on the Fylde Coast, and South Shore is one of two offices of Martins Bank on Lytham Road alone, confirming that Blackpool might have almost as many Branches as ice cream carts! Our thanks go to friend of the Archive Derek Longden, who helped us to identify South Shore Branch from this photograph taken around 1945.

1945 South Shore with Tram MBA

In Service 1921 until June 1969

Image © Barclays Ref 0033-0079

Derek’s amazing knowledge of trams has helped us out on more than one occasion, and each time the tram route number has been the key to finding out where a picture was taken. Sadly, South Shore, which is a sub branch to Lytham Road, joins the select number of branches to fall on its sword and close just before the merger with Barclays takes place. Nowadays, the building looks after another important aspect of keeping the holidaymaker happy, by providing that all important hairdo !

	DISTRICT BANK LIMITED		LLOYDS BANK LIMITED

	MARTINS BANK LIMITED		NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK

	WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED		WILLIAMS DEACON’S BANK

	YORKSHIRE BANK LIMITED