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Pulling
the wool over the eyes? It’s
the mid 1960s, and Martins Bank is particularly keen to expand across the South
of England once more, setting up shop in any and every conceivable
outlet. The
Bank even takes over the old Police Station at Epsom to turn it into a second
drive-in branch, but this is actually only so that the wife of one of the
Bank’s directors doesn’t embarrass herself by having to cash her cheques at
Barclays! |
In Service: 1965 to 30 June 1970 |
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Kew Bridge House – Image © Barclays Ref 0033/0301 |
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Martins Bank’s support to the
employees of certain VITAL
industries through the provision of special branches is well documented –
farmers auction marts, paper factories, hospitals, universities, chemical
works, industrial estates, the list goes on.
But the British Wool Marketing Board? – Really? We conclude this is not even a disguised
attempt to chase money in a well to do area, a snobbery that is shown by all
the Banks as they establish themselves in parts of the country they have not
yet conquered! So, in 1966 The Bank
takes space in the BWMB building at Kew Bridge Surrey to provide the vital
service of – well – WHAT exactly? Our
good friend Clinton Anderson must surely know, as he is given the job of
Clerk in Charge. This is how HE sees things
at Kew Bridge in 1967…
The “human cash machine”…
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Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0033/0301 |
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Title: Type: Address: Index
Number and District: Hours: Telephone: Services: Manager: |
11-17-70 Kew Bridge Sub to 11-17-70 Richmond Kew Bridge House Kew Bridge Road Brentford Middlesex 446 London Mon to Fri
1000-1500 Saturday
0900-1130 01 560 3439 Nightsafe Installed J G Potter TD Manager |
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1965 15
December 1969 30
June 1970 2007 |
Opened by Martins Bank Limited Barclays Bank Limited 20-45-91 Kew Bridge Closed Kew Bridge House Demolished |
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