11-54-70 Liverpool Scotland Road

Warning –

A-Level Scouse required!

200 Scotland Road is opened by Martins Bank in 1937, replacing the original branch at 157 Scotland Road, which had been inherited in 1928 as one of only three Liverpool branches of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank. The way of progress is, however, often blocked by obstacles, and in 1966 Scotland Road branch finds itself completely in the way of progress as the Mersey Tunnel Project sets sail across the City, demolishing some buildings and tunnelling underneath others.

Thus Martins Bank dutifully accepts a compulsory purchase order, and is forced to make arrangements for the customers of the Branch to use another. The following succinct message (see right) is then put on display at Scotland Road. The passing of Scotland Road does not go by entirely unmarked, however, and a curiously-named special correspondent “Bevington Bush” writes an article for Martins Bank Magazine in his native tongue – Scouse…

In Service: 1937 until 31 October 1966 – Demolished 1968

Images © Martins Bank Archive Collections

1966 04 MBM.jpg

shut it, dey 'ave. Jus' like dat! Wurl, dem wid de "ats on down dur in Water Street, I s'pose dey know wot's wot, but orlersame! Dur wuz 'istry in dat place. Reel 'istry. Durs been managers an' clurks an' after de war dey 'ad judies an' all. An' a right bright lot dem judies wuz too! Always 'ad a smile dey did. Proper nice kids -"elpful y'know, not stuck-up like. An' de clurks - no creepin' from dem, just plain 'Doon orite eh?' and Ta' an' all dat. A good lot dey wuz. An de managers'd always givyera nod, friendly like. I bin goin' dur fer yeers frum de ol' North Market in de Cazzy. Many's de time I've 'umped a crate uv oranges up dur at Christmas and slapped it on der counter. 'Compliments of Mrs Clancy' I'd say, an' the manager e'd grin and say 'Ta!' like. An de udder customers, dey'd do der same and a right sort-out it use ter be wid de staff gettin' on der 33 tram to the Pier 'Had wid apples and de lot bouncing down de sturs. Now de Market's goin' and de pawnshops is gone.

Even Great "Omer Street's jazzed up wid all dem blocks uv flats and Corpy property. Wurl, times change, I s'pose. Burrit seems a pity. Dat Bank wuz clobbered a bit by Jerry burrit stood up. Yer! De "ole lot round wuz knocked flat but not de Bank. Nar! It's still der now, burrit's shut! An' its gonna be pulled down. Compulsry perchiss. De new tunnel road, y'know. Dat's progress. Still, as I wuz sayin" to me mates over a pint las' night in The Irish Fusilier, 'Tings change', I sez, 'De old order giveth way to wot's comin, but it's a reel pity de Bank's gone!' Givvus a bit of status it did. Never broke in, de lads didn't. Too much respec', y'know. Us in de Fusilier, we liked ter tink dem as worked dur weren't goin' to be part of George Brown's shake-out. So me an' annuvver fella we went along an’ ast an’ dere oreright. Dur's jobs for 'em all in spite of S.E.T. Makes us feel a lot 'appier dat does. Dey wuz a good lot, judies an' all.

Please note, that whilst we HAVE uncovered some staff images for Scotland Road, sadly (for now at least) “dare is NUN of dem Judies…”



Mr A D Gollifer *Manager* *1932 to 1934*	*Mr G M Davies* *Joined the Bank Here* *1937 to 1940*	*Mr D W S Wilson* *Joined the Bank Here* *1941 to 1942*	*Mr S Squirrell* *On the Staff* *1942 to 1943*	*Mr F W Cowan* *Manager* *1947 to 1954*	*Mr W F Samuels* *Joined the Bank Here* *1950 to 1951*



*Mr D G D Bosworth* *Joined the Bank Here* *1952 to 1954*	*Mr J H Walker* *Manager* *1957 to 1959*	*Mr J D Home* *Manager* *1959 to 1965*	*Mr A J Lonsdale* *On the Staff* *1960 to 1963*	*Mr L Eadie* *Clerk in Charge* *1965 until 31/10/1966*