11-088 Birmingham Tyseley

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Martins Bank’s presence in Birmingham begins almost a year ahead of schedule in 1935 with the opening of the Bank’s City Office premises at No 98 Colmore Row. The following year sees an expansion of service with further Birmingham Branches at Jamaica Row (Markets) and at Warwick Road, Tyseley. Altogether Martins operates ten Branches and sub-Branches in Birmingham, although several are closed or moved to different premises well before the 1969 merger of Martins and Barclays: -

CITY OFFICE	DIGBETH	EDGBASTON
FIVE WAYS	HOCKLEY HILL	HOLLOWAY CIRCUS
KINGS HEATH	MARKETS	SMALL HEATH
	TYSELEY

In Service: 11 May 1936 until September 1939

Image (above) © Martins Bank Archive Collections

Extracts from Martins Bank Limited Annual Report and Accounts for 1937 © Barclays

Image © BT 1936

Newspaper Image (above left) © Trinity Mirror/Findmypast Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Images reproduced with kind permission of The British Newspaper Archive

When war is declared in September 1939, Tyseley joins a long list of Martins’ branches that are mothballed for the duration of the war but then not reopened. There will not be another new branch in the City until 1954 (Birmingham Five Ways). We would love to find a period image of Tyseley sub-Branch, and If you can help with images and/or information about this or any of Martins Bank’s 980+ other branches, please do get in touch with us at the usual address: martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com.