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A’s and B’s in Northumberland…
It is strange how some of Martins Bank’s sub-Branches have manged to
outlive their parent Branch by some considerable years. Alnmouth is a case in point, having been
inherited along with its main Branch, Alnwick, in the amalgamation with the
North Eastern Banking Company in 1914.
Alnwick itself is closed by Barclays in 1978, but Alnmouth continues
to provide a banking service for another fifteen years. This tiny Sub-Branch
is not mentioned in Martins Bank Magazine’s 1965 Article ‘As and Bs in
Northumberland’ so we have no narrative to describe life at the branch. However, this wonderfully evocative image
from Barclays does, we think, show
Alnmouth in its prime. |
In Service: 13 July 1905
until 29 January 1993
Image
© Barclays Ref 0030/4099 |
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Although the opening hours are short, this office operates in the
mid-morning of each weekday which would suggest a fairly constant flow of
business from local people and traders paying in their takings…
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