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Some even end up here, next
door to Northern Dairies in Simpasturegate, Newton Aycliffe. Although this little office is not required
by Barclays, it still clocks up an impressive twenty-one years of service by
the time it is closed in 1968.
Just think, for those
twenty-one years customers could sort out their dairy related problems AND pay
bills and cash cheques in virtually the same place! How very British…
Image © Martins Bank
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In service: 1947 – 27 November 1968
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© Barclays Ref 0033-0410
Opened in 1947, this wonderful
piece of nostalgia has the honour of only ever being a branch of Martins, as
it closes a year or so before the main merger of Martins 730+
branches with those of Barclays. This
little office may look slightly odd, with its do-it-yourself signage and no
window, but what’s this – surely Northern Dairies can’t have filled their
entire window space with milk, can they? Not long after Newton Aycliffe opens its
doors, displaying those italic stick-on letters above the door, Martins Bank
runs this rather simple advertisement in local and national newspapers, and
adopts a similar style of lettering.
As Newton Aycliffe is a sub
branch, we do not have a list of the staff who worked there. Those in attendance for four hours Monday
to Friday, and an hour and a half on Saturday, will have been sent from the
main branch at High Row in Darlington. Staff will also have been in
attendance at Darlington’s two additional sub-branches, COCKERTON, and DARLINGTON
AUCTION MART.
If you worked for Martins
Bank at Darlington or at any of its sub-branches including Newton Aycliffe,
or perhaps you were a customer of the Bank, or even an employee of Northern
Dairies at newton Aycliffe, we’d love to hear from you. Please do get in touch with us at the usual
address: martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com. |
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