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Martins
Branch Closures January to April 2021… The next round of BRANCH
CLOSURES to
affect former branches of Martins Bank, has been announced by Barclays. So
far, we know of SIX original Martins Bank branches, some of them key to the
history of the Bank - Liverpool
University which closed on 29 Jan 2021 and Lancaster University also closed 29 Jan 2021,
were the first and the last of Martins’ University outlets to be opened.
Student Banking was a big market for the banks from the late 1960s until the
mid 1990s, when technolgy began to sound the death-knell of branch
banking. You can read about how it all
started in our Student Banking feature.
Liverpool University began the experiment of Student Banking in this country
in 1958, and by 1988 there were one or more bank branches on just about every
university campus in the country. Also
closing early in 2021, were Moreton (Cheshire) 13 Jan 2021, West Kirby 15 Jan 2021. In February it
is the turn of Keynsham, one of the
longest surviving branches of the Bank in the South West, which departs on 24
Feb 2021. The fifth branch announced so far is Formby
which closes its doors on 30 April.
A strange thought perhaps,
for the 2020s, when Britain has left the European Union, but with its eyes
“on the ball” as always, Martins Bank weighs-in to the debate in 1960, almost
thirteen years BEFORE we actually did join
with our continental neighbours! In a
new feature, we look broadly at Martins Bank’s provision for foreign trade
and travel to Europe, and also in detail at COMMON
MARKET – a leaflet produced by the Economic Information
Department at Head Office, and made available to customers to help them
understand what membership of the various European community initiaves might
or might not bring to the UK. In 1960,
contemplating something as ambitious as Churchill’s envisaged “united states”
of Europe was a turning point in our social history – these are the days when
then channel tunnel has not yet been planned or built, and when for most
ordinary people holidaying for pleasure on the continent is still a
relatively new and quite an expensive thing to do…
New
Arrivals…
The
mystery continues…
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, Sunday 28 February 2021
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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