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Hulme’s claim to fame in the 1960s is the
large number of radio shows that are broadcast - many of them live - from the
Hulme Hippodrome. These include hugely popular shows, such as “The Clitheroe
Kid” which is perhaps, the most fondly remembered of these productions to be
on the air during Martins’ final days. Many of these programmes are still heard today. |
In Service:
By 1899 until 23 April 1971 Image © 1937 Barclays
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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank branch at
Hulme, which is orignally opened by the Adelphi Bank, comes to Martins Bank in
1928, and by 1967 it is on the list of Manchester branches scheduled for
possible demolition. We do not know
how soon the building was demolished, but we do know that the Branch was
closed not to long after the merger with Barclays, closing its doors for the
final time in April 1971. Today modern buildings line both sides of the road
in which this Branch once stood. In an
article written after a tour of several branches faced with the prospect of
demolition, Martins Bank Magazine provides us with only this tiny insight
into life at Hulme branch… At Hulme one can park outside the
branch on Stretford
Road, a busy main thoroughfare, without difficulty because the whole area is
slowly dying. The deep purple tint of
old mahogany, the church pew in the customers’ space, the intricate patterns
of wood and glass around the Manager’s Room – with the title still on the
glass of its door – are an indication of more affluent and active days dating
back eighty years. Light industry
northwards, and blocks of flats to the south will change the look of this
semi-derelict area where once the small businesses raked in the money from
the Saturday shoppers. Now the street
and the branch are quiet, but the branch is still profitable, for those who
have moved on and retained their connections – a tribute to branch management
at its best. |
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