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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank opens its Branch at
Blackpool’s North Shore in April 1924, less than four years before the
amalgamation of the Lancashire and Yorkshire with the Bank of Liverpool and
Martins to form the modern day Martins Bank.
This is the heartland of the seaside landlady, the kiss me quick hat
and the saucy postcard (for which our apologies!)
The setting for North Shore
Oh the joys of wet sand between your toes, as the rain
comes down once more on day two of your holiday, streaming down the window of
your damp one roomed accommodation. All the while that bland dish of steamed
fish is being done to death by the landlady ready for 5 O’clock tea – what joy
indeed!
The collapse
of Martins Bank’s Blackpool empire starts to show around the time of the
merger with Barclays, North Shore is seen as surplus to requirements, and is
closed down for good, six months ahead of the amalgamation of branches… |
In Service: 28 April 1924 until June 1969
Image
© Barclays Ref: 0030-0288
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