MARTINS BANK ARCHIVE
DOES NOT USE COOKIES TO COLLECT PERSONAL OR PREFERENCE INFORMATION FROM
VISITORS FOUR MARTINS
BRANCHES ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE THIS MONTH INCORPORATING LEWIS’S BANK ARCHIVE |
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Martins Bank captures the mood of an age, with an advertising policy that is traditional one minute, trendy the next. |
They say you
shouldn’t work with either, but a
combination of the two gives
Martins its most Iconic advertisement… |
Why is Martins merging with Barclays? How is it to
be swallowed up? Will the
name of Martins bank live on? |
Always at the forefront of new products and services, Martins Bank helps kick-start the credit transfer revolution… |
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Just how does Martins
help
Britain to go decimal – even
though it will not be there to
see in the new currency? |
Lavish
interiors and artworks sets Martins apart from the competition. Design is a serious business. |
Money boxes,
matches, brooches playing cards,
play-money and cheques,
notepads, cardboard railway
stations… |
Martins staff take part in sporting events up and down the land. We have a grandstand seat to watch them at play… |
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Who’s that at the
counter? Why, it’s any number
of famous people, animals
and even royalty just dropping in to say
hello… |
Cash machines, mobile branches, computerised accounts, even a Drive-in bank or two… ideas Martins Bank often tries first! |
Martins’ role in
two world wars is honourable, and
many staff provide
distinguished service to their country… |
Acting singing and dancing: the
talented staff of Martins Bank
let their hair down in a
variety of ways! |
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A look at the bank’s achievements in 1959 |
Local control tailors banking to your needs |
The role of women in Martins Bank |
The story of the bank’s early Southern outposts… |
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Help us to fill in the gaps in the archive |
The future is brought to you today by Martins Bank! |
What does the opposition look like? |
How Martins Bank takes shape |
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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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