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On
1 July 1904, the business of the Mercantile Bank of Lancashire is transferred
to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank. Amongst
the many Manchester branch sites that are transferred to the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Bank are: All Saints, Cheetham, Hightown, Deansgate, Old Trafford
and this very attractive and unusual building in Lapwing Lane, West Didsbury.
When the L & Y merges with the Bank of Liverpool and Martins, Didsbury
Branch becomes part of Martins Bank in 1928. It remains open beyond the
merger with Barclays by almost twenty years, closing at the end of 1987. |
In Service: Pre 1904 until 23 November 1987 Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0030-1834 |
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Our
retirement feature concerns Mr Ford, who by the time he leaves the service of
the Bank in 1964, has been Manager of West Didsbury Branch for seventeen
years…
Your Weekend Television in the North…
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For West Didsbury’s
“THEN AND NOW”, we have the benefit of three images, covering the life
of the Branch under the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, Martins Bank, and the
Legal Firm which occupies 10 Lapwing Lane in the Twenty-First Century. In the
hands of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, the building still looks quite
new. Under Martins in the 1960s, the fenced off garden has been removed to
make way for a car park. Even though this building has not been a bank for
thirty years, there is still something very bank-like about the way it looks
today. Special thanks to Alan Thomond, Andy Roberton, and to Andrew Simpson’s
Chorlton Blogspot for the confirmation that this Branch is in good hands
today! |
Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections - W N Townson
Bequest |
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Image © Barclays Ref 0030-1834 |
Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections - Andrew Simpson |
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