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In Service: 2 March 1939 until 2 December 1940
Image ©
Martins Bank Archive Collections Advertisement
remastered May 2019 from
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Martins Bank’s Bexhill on
Sea branch occupies no less than FOUR separate
addresses during its lifetime - This
advertisement heralds the opening of the first of these, in premises at 45
Devonshire Road. When a large part of the civilian population of Bexhill is
evacuated following the fall of France in 1940, the branch closes down and
business is transferred on a temporary basis to Eastbourne Branch until the
end of the War. Service resumes in
Bexhill on 1 May 1946 a little further down Devonshire Road at No 18, moving
to a fourth (and temporary) location – 18 Parkhurst Road – in 1961, to allow
for refurbishment at Devonshire Road. In his 1984 booklet “Martins Bank
Branches in Sussex”, former Martins Colleague Alan Hill provides invaluable
information about the Bank’s presence on the South Coast. What is now largely forgotton, is that
Martins Southern expansion often involves taking temporary premises – in
order to begin building a customer base – whilst sites for the establishment
of permanent branches can be found.
You can read more about the Bank’s Sussex pioneers HERE. |
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