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The Southwards expansion of Martins Bank continues through the 1960s, and in 1964 produces another showpiece branch in Birmingham. The new office at Edgbaston is one of the earliest to feature a new and much bolder standard font for signage, and the building chosen – Radclyffe House - is a clear statement of 60s design, and similar in many ways to Martins’ rebuilt branch at PRESTON FISHERGATE.

In Service: 21 September 1964 until 6 June 1986

All Branch images © Barclays Ref: 0030-0214

Sadly, there are no visits to the new Branch by Martins Bank Magazine, but there are these few precious photographs of the building in the Barclays collection of Martins Bank photographs, including some post-merger comparisons below. Radcliffe house serves Barclays until June 1986.

		Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections


This is a rare chance to see a Branch from a shorter time perspective than our usual “then and now” feature. Radclyffe house is seen here both inside and out in 1964, and in 1976, some twelve years after being opened, with ten years remaining under new owners Barclays. Advertisements similar the one shown here (right, begin to appear in the local press about ten days before the opening of Edgbaston Branch and the transfer of business of Five Ways.