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No 43 Spring Gardens which is home to Manchester District Office,
is the Bank’s principal office in the city, being formerly the Head Office of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Limited.
It is upon the insistence of the directors of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Bank that the Bank of Liverpool and Martins, shortens its name to
Martins Bank Limited in 1928. See
also: FOUR CENTURIES
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COAT OF ARMS. Nowadays the building at 43 Spring Gardens
houses a highly commended Indian Restaurant.
Importantly, the building, and its impressive banking hall remain
largely as they were, but in the late 1960s, even when the Bank’s merger with
Barclays was already on the cards, Martins was doing ambitious things – like
appointing its first female Bank Inspectors in Manchester, AND planning to
knock down its Spring Gardens premises to put something altogether different in its place… Here come the
inspectors! Stepping out from Spring Gardens are Margaret Ashworth and Maureen Thomas, members
of a Manchester District outside inspection team and the first girls in the
Bank to take part in a full branch inspection. How have their male colleagues
reacted? 'They've been very patient and helpful/ Maureen said, 'and soon
accepted us—once they got over the initial shock.' 'We were apprehensive about breaking
into what has until now been regarded as the males' prerogative/ Maureen
remarked, 'but all our doubts were soon dispelled.' Manchester – City of Trees?
An impression of the eleven storey block that may take the
place of our present office at Spring Gardens |
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Sir Cuthbert Clegg Board Member 1948 to 1968 |
The Rt Hon Angus D Campbell CBE
Board Member from 1949 Chairman from 1960 |
Mr W D’Arcy Madden Board Member 1950 |
Mr H Mancknols Walton Board Member 1951 |
Mr Kenneth Stoker Board Member 1951 |
Mr Percy Woodhouse Board Member 1951 |
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Mr J F Simpson OBE TD Board Member 1955 |
The Rt Hon The Viscount Walberton Board Member 1958 |
Mr N G Lancaster MBE Board Member 1960 |
Mr I A D McLean Director 1962 |
Mr Alan Green Board Member 1964 |
Mr E H Priestley Local Director 1965 to 1968 |
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Mr C G Seddon Director 1967 |
Mr R B Stoker Director 1967 |
Mr W Wormauld Director 1967 |
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MANCHESTER TELEPHONES |
DISTRICT
OFFICE – GENERAL STAFF |
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Miss Dorothy Eaton Manchester Switchboard Relief Operator 1947 |
Miss Maragret Lord Manchester Switchboard Operator
1947 |
Miss M P P Glover Relief Staff 1953 to 1968 |
Mr C A Shuttleworth District Office Staff 1957 |
Mr T R Froggatt Relief Staff 1957 |
Mr J Pendlebury Pro Manager 1959 to 1960 |
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Mr F Kirkham District Relief Staff 1961 to 1969 |
Miss A C Mossop Centralised Posting Unit 1964 |
Mr W P Glover Asst Staff Manager 1967 |
Mr T E Hopley Relief Staff (Retiring) 1968 |
Miss M E Goddard Manchester District Lady Supervisor 1968 |
Mr M P M Brown Assistant Staff Manager 1968 |
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MANCHESTER
DISTRICT CATERING STAFF |
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Mrs C Dick Manchester Girls’ Canteen 1958 |
Mrs E Martin Manchester Girls’ Canteen 1958 |
Mrs H Roberts Manchester Girls’ Canteen 1958 |
Mrs C Courcoux Brown Street Canteen 1958 |
Mrs W Whitelegg Brown Street Canteen 1958 |
Mrs E M Bidwell Manchester Men’s Canteen 1958 |
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DISTRICT GENERAL MANAGER’S
DEPT |
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Miss M J Whalley St Ann’s Square Canteen 1958 |
Mrs M E Douche Manchester Management Dining Room
1958 |
Mrs S Johnson Manchester Management Dining Room
1958 |
Mr C J Verity Manchester Assistant District General Manager 1938 to 1946 |
Mr J Froggatt Joint District General Manager 1946 |
Mr G R Tarn Joint Manchester District General Manager 1946 |
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Mr D O Maxwell Manchester District General Manager 1950 |
Mr T Cowpe Assistant District Manager 1952 |
Mr R Tonge Asst Dist Manager 1953 then District Manager 1953 |
Mr C Whiteley Manchester Assistant District Manager 1954 |
Mr E H Priestley Asst Dist Gen Manager 1958 then DGM from 1961 |
Mr J H Jennings Manchester District Assistant General Manager 1961 |
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INSPECTORS |
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Miss M M Graveson Manchester DGM’s Lady Representative 1966 |
Mr N E Foster Manchester Assistant DGM 1966 then DGM from 1968 |
Mr Mungo Conacher Manchester District Senior Inspector 1935 |
Mr L K Holden Chief Inspector 1947 |
Mr H J Southworth Inspector 1949 |
Mr H S Mellor Inspector 1952 |
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Mr J S Laver Inspector 1956 to 1960 |
Mr R Tanner Inspector 1959 to 1964 |
Mr T Derbyshire Inspector 1963 |
Mr J Speak Inspector 1964 |
Mr J W Ottaway Inspector 1964 |
Mr A Meadowcroft Inspector 1965 |
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Mr A N Barratt Inspector 1965 |
Mr C Mitchell Inspector 1966 |
Mr R Paulson Inspector 1967 |
Mr J P Smith Inspector 1968 |
Mr R S Hilton Inspector 1968 |
Mr M Flint Inspector 1969 |
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SUPERINTENDENT OF BRANCHES |
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Margaret
Ashworth Inspector 1969 |
Maureen
Thomas Inspector 1969 |
Mr J Froggatt Asst Superintendent of Branches
1934 to 1946 Jt Dist Gen Manager 1946 |
Mr Harold Blundell Manchester District Superintendent of Branches 1949 |
Mr N R Manser Manchester Superintendent of Branches 1958 |
Mr F Tunstall Superintendent of Branches 1964 |
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PREMISES |
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Mr D S Gallagher District Superintendent 1968 |
Mr D E Snelson Asst Premises manager 1967 |
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Title: Address: Index Number and District: Telephone: District General Manager: Assistant District General Manager: |
Martins Bank Limited Manchester
District Office 43 Spring Gardens Manchester
Lancashire 701 Manchester 061 832
4061/3585 Mr N E
Foster (1968) Mr J H
Jennings (1961 to 1966) |
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A number of self accounting
sub-Branches are under the direct control of Manchester District Office: |
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1889 3 January 1928 15 December 1969 14 May 1990 Currently |
Head Office
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Martins
Bank Limited Barclays
Bank Limited Closed Restaurant |
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