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Martins Bank opens this
Branch at Telephone Buildings, West Street Sheffield on 22 December 1930, moving
from the former Equitable Bank Branch at Leopold Street. Both the Equitable
and the Halifax Commercial Banks have branches spread across this part of
Yorkshire, and both Banks eventually end up as part of the modern day Martins
Bank. This wonderful image of the new
Branch is shown here courtesy of Silver Link Publishing, whose series of
nostalgia books charts the recent past in pictures. You can find this image, and many more
scenes of Sheffield trams in the book “A history of Sheffield trams since
1950” by G H E Twidale. Our feature,
which comes from Martins Bank Magazine is slightly different to the usual
branch visits or retirement write-ups.
It concerns two men who in the Summer of 1967 are rewarded for
catching a bank robber…
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In Service: 22 December 1930
until 4 November 1988
Image - Martins Bank Archive Collections © Silver Link
Publishing Ltd
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 Have a go' at Sheffield
 For chasing and catching
a man who had grabbed a bundle of notes at Sheffield branch, two men were
rewarded when on July 22 Mr P. M. Lister, Local Director and District General
Manager, presented each with a cheque for £100
from the Committee of London Clearing Bankers. The incident
occurred in June when a man of unkempt appearance sidled up alongside a lady
who was paying in. His action was seen
by the two men, also at the counter, who caught him a hundred yards away and,
with two members of the staff, escorted him back to the office where the
police took over. Photographed after receiving their cheques are Mr A. Nadin
(centre) with his wife and Mr R. A. B. Smith. In the group (from left) are Mr
R. N. Weightman (Manager, Sheffield). Mr P. M. Lister, Mr Ramsay of Charrington
United Breweries whose cash was involved, Detective Chief Inspector
Shillitoe, Mr S. W. Morris (Deputy Chief Constable of Sheffield and
Rotherham) and Mr McCraw (Presdent, Sheffield Institute of Bankers).
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Images © Barclays Ref 0905/0025 and 0030/2617
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All
Change…
 When the Halifax Equitable Bank premises at
Leopold Street are no longer suitable for the rapidly expanding Martins Bank,
it is time not only to move to newer, larger, grander premises, but also to
let customers know about it! In the
days before television, and with no commercial radio within the British
Isles, the main organ for advertising is the mighty press. Advertising in
newspapers and magazines will be the only way that Martins can spread its
message, and serious money is spent on campaigns that will become more and
more sophisticated as the decades roll by. A gentleman’s agreement between
Britain’s Banks keeps most of them away from television altogether until
the early 1970s. You can read more
about this, and about how with one television advert Martins managed – in
1968 – to circumvent the rules, in our ADVERTISING section.
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