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Martins Bank has two branches in
Hartlepool, one at WEST Hartlepool, the other at York Road. From the end of the 1950s until around
1964/5 some of the Bank’s oldest branches are redeveloped. Some are given an internal refit, others
are pulled down and rebuilt. In 1959
it is the turn of Hartlepool’s York Road branch to undergo a
transformation. Nowadays we might well
yearn for the older look, but then, the shock of the new is all the rage – a
sort of impatience for the arrival of the future… |
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The change at York Road is going to be so radical,
that Martins takes a large number of photographs of the old building from
just about every angle. It has been
difficult for us to choose those that best represent the transformation, but
you will certainly see the “shock of the new”:
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Image © Barclays Ref 0030/1203 |
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Whilst the customers stop and
stare at the outside, the staff are probably very grateful to at last be
working in the modern office surroundings created on the inside, whose
“before and After” story is also told here in pictures:
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Mr F M Pigg Joined the Bank Here 1922 |
Mr M W Jaques Joined the Bank Here 1934 to 1936 |
Mr E T Punshon Manager 1934 to 1947 |
Mr H Weaver Joined the Bank Here 1936 to 1937 |
Mr J F Knowles Joined the Bank Here 1941 to 1943 |
Mr R W Rand On the Staff 1950 to 1951 |
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Mr I S Grant On the Staff 1952 to 1953 |
Mr K Young Manager 1952 to 1960 |
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Title: Type: Address: Index Number and District: Hours: Telephone: Services: Manager: |
11-79-90
Hartlepool York Road Full Branch 99 York
Road Hartlepool County Durham 373 North
Eastern Mon to Fri 1000-1500 Saturday 0900-1130 Hartlepool
2376 & 5797 Nightsafe
Installed Mr P
S Ogden Manager |
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1895 7 August 1914 18 December 1918 3 January 1928 1959 1960 15 December 1969 20 October 1978 Currently |
Opened by the North Eastern
Banking Company Bank of Liverpool Bank of Liverpool and
Martins Martins Bank Limited Demolished and rebuilt Re-opened Barclays Bank Limited 20-37-44
Hartlepool York Road Closed W A Smith Insurance Brokers |
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