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The Bank of Liverpool and
Martins opens Aspatria as a sub branch to Wigton in 1921. The branch opens once a week on a
Wednesday, and additionally on days when trading takes place at the local
Auction Mart. Aspatria remains open
for fourteen years before being amongst a number of branches to be closed as
part of Martins Bank’s first consolidation of its Branch Portfolio which
takes place between 1931 and 1935. A
similar fate befalls two other sub branches to Wigton, at Caldbeck (1932) and
Hesket New Market (1932), leaving Wigton a standalone branch from then
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In Service
12 October 1921 until 14 June 1935
Image
© Barclays 1935
Extract
from the Annual Report and Accounts of the Bank
of Liverpool and Martins Limited, 1921 © Barclays
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It is interesting to note
that these tiny offices represent an early expansion by the bank, which has
to be curtailed or reined back in order to pay for the construction of the
new HEAD OFFICE in liverpool, and for THE REBUILDING OF 68 LOMBARD STREET, both of which take place in the early 1930s…
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