The Bank of Liverpool and Martins opens Aspatria as a sub branch to Wigton on 12 October 1921. The branch opens once a week on a Wednesday, and additionally on days when trading takes place at the local Auction Mart. Aspatria remains open for fourteen years before being amongst a number of branches to be closed as part of Martins’ first consolidation which takes place between 1931 and 1935. A similar fate befalls two other sub branches to Wigton, at Caldbeck (1932) and Hesket New Market (1932), leaving Wigton a standalone branch from then on. It is interesting to note that these tiny offices represent an early expansion by the bank, which has to be curtailed or reined back in order to pay for the construction of the new Head Office in liverpool, and for THE REBUILDING OF 68 LOMBARD STREET, both of which take place in the early 1930s…
Title:		11-881 Aspatria Closed 14 June 1935
Type:		Sub to 11-881 Wigton
Address:		Main Street Aspatria Cumberland
Hours:		Wednesdays 1000-1600
		Auction Days 1000-1500
Telephone:		No telephone
Services:		Counter service Only
Manager:		Wigton Manager
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