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WELCOME to May at Martins Bank Archive, and to MARTINS BANK
MAGAZINE – our news feature in honour of the Bank’s staff publication, which
from 1946 to 1969 brought news of changing times, new Branches and services and even new technologies to Staff
in England Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man… As we find ourselves in another year which
will be tinged with the sadness of branch closures, we really appreciate the
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Don’t forget our sister site - Lewis’s Bank Archive - which
tells the story of Britain’s department store bank for the nine years that it
was a subsidiary of Martins. You can click on the link at the top of this
page for more info. Our most recent news stories are shown below, and you can
catch up on some previous stories in-depth, by downloading our half-yearly
Newsletters (see above).
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50 Years On…
Data Protection
As the 1960s
begin, Martins Bank hits the ground running, with a dazzling display of asset
management – new branches spring up, old branches are rebuilt or refurbished,
or moved. Artworks with a local
flavour are commissioned and put on permanent display. With newspapers and
magazine still the only permitted source of bank advertising, Martins has to
make an impression, and for each new or refurbished branch, advertisements
are placed in relevant local journals to announce what is happening, where,
and when. Martins Bank archive is
currently restoring a huge number of the Bank’s advertisements to their
former glory, and remastering those which have survived until now as faded
newsprint. We are grateful to our keen eyed visitors and of course Barclays
for their help with this task. Long term friend of the Archive Stephen Walker
has been of particular help, and we are also grateful to him for making
available his extensive collection of Martins Bank memorabilia.
Accuracy in all
things is naturally expected of the banking industry, so we were surprised to
find an error in an advertisement for the opening of Washington, County
Durham Branch, in 1965. Existing and potential customers of the bank are
invited to the new branch FOUR DOORS AWAY from where it actually is, but the
error is soon spotted and corrected.
The first ad is shown in newspapers on 7 July 1965, the second on 21
July 1965.
The
advertisements are not only valuable in terms of social history (Note the use
of the hyphen in the word to-day, as late as 1963) – they also reveal some
detail not previously recorded either by ourselves or Barclays, such as exact
dates of opening or removal to a new address Here is a selection of the
advertisements so far found and restored.
These images will in due course be added to the relevant branch
network pages of our web site…
On Martins’ side?
Farewell to more old friends..
Buyer Beware…. We have left the following article here once again for reference, to
help explain the position regarding the theft of copyrighted images for the
purposes of re-sale. There is a common misconception that if you
can Google an image, then it is “in the public domain” and you can do what
you want with it. Even some staff at eBay® believed this until they were
recently put right – if you take or
copy someone else’s work or property without their permission or
acknowledgement, and sell it on to
make even a penny out of it, this is breach of copyright, and the real
owner can take legal recourse to stop further theft and misuse of their
property. There are currently on eBay® a number of listings
of photographs for sale, showing scenes from the past and old buildings
including these four (and many more) Branches of Martins Bank. These images originated on our web
site. As you can see, under our agreement
with the owner, we prominently display copyright. These images have been
copied and printed onto cheap photographic paper. The seller even has the
gall to add their own watermark to the displayed images to prevent others
from stealing them!!!
As well as being
against copyright law, these items are worthless, having little more than
sentimental value – you will often find that collections and archives will
make images available free of charge for private use, but you MUST check with
them first. You should always check the seller’s right to copy the image –
reputable sites such as eBay® do now allow you to report copyright
infringement. For ANY item of memorabilia, the best thing to do is shop
around and compare prices – in the case of Martins Bank there are often up to
twenty different items for sale on eBay® alone on any given day. For printed
material which looks as if it has been copied, or actually claims to be a
copy, ALWAYS question the seller about copyright.
Best Regards, Jonathan. Westmorland, Monday 30TH April 2018
WHILST MARTINS BANK
ARCHIVE HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE DAY TO DAY TRADING ACTIVITIES OF THE BARCLAYS GROUP OF
COMPANIES, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED GENEROUS GUIDANCE, ADVICE AND SUPPORT OF BARCLAYS GROUP ARCHIVES IN THE BUILDING AND SHAPING OF THIS ONLINE SOCIAL HISTORY.
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