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A ten year gap? The South Western expansion of
Martins Bank begins on 4 January 1937 with the opening of new branches in
Bristol and Bath. In Bristol, however,
it will be some time before permanent offices are made ready at 47
CORN STREET, so the branch is situated temporarily in the Refuge
Assurance Building in nearby Baldwin Street.
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In Service: Monday 4
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Although
Martins Bank opens for business in Bristol on 4 January 1937, it is not until
1960 that the South Western District is fully formed, with its own District
Board, offices, and network of local branches. However, the chance to have a foothold in
the area has actually existed since
the 1927 amalgamation of the Equitable Bank and the Bank of Liverpool
and Martins - The Equitable Bank
opened a branch at Bristol’s Corn Exchange just a year earlier but for
whatever reason, this branch is closed in 1927 and there follows a ten-year
gap without any coverage of Bristol by Martins Bank or any of its
constituents.
By 1969 Martins Bank will have eight Branches and sub-Branches in the
City. The move to Corn Street takes place in March 1938, but not before the
building is gutted and then turned into the kind of premises and facilities
fit for a bank’s district office and major city branch. The announcement of the opening of the
temporary office is made in the Western Daily Press, of Friday 8 January 1937,
as seen here (left). |
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