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At the time of the amalgamation of the Bury Banking Co
into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, their branch at Radcliffe is
fortunate, along with those at Heywood and Ramsbottom to remain as full
branches. Nonetheless arrangements are
made for the former Bury Bank branches to be tightly controlled by the Bury
manager. This is seen as a last-ditch attempt at clinging on to
power by those formerly in charge of the Bury Bank. Just forty years later, a further
amalgamation takes place which brings us the modern-day Martins Bank, and local
politics is largely put aside with a view to smooth integration. |
In Service: 1880 until December 1985 Image © Barclays Ref 0030-2370 |
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Among those present were Mr F
Tunstall, now Manchester District Superintendent of Branches, and Mr G
Dawson, Mr Healey’s predecessor as Manager. Now aged seventy-five, Mr Dawson
was able to speak from “practical experience” on how to enjoy retirement. Mr Healey’s reply was one of gratitude for
the great number of friends he had made during his careeer, both inside and
outside the Bank. Apart from four years’ war service, all Mr Healey’s career
was spent in the Manchester District.
He entered at Cheetham in 1920 and worked at Bolton and Pendleton
Branches before entering District Office in 1941. He returned there in 1946 and was appointed
Manager at Radcliffe in 1949. |
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