11-093 Blackburn Higher Church Street

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Having only within the previous two years taken on the branches of both the Palatine Bank and the Halifax Commercial Bank, expansion is still on the mind of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins, which opens its first Blackburn Branch in 1922 at 10 Higher Church Street.

In Service: 1922 to 1928

Image © Barclays 1927

Image © BT 1927

At the time of the amalgamation of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank in 1928, Blackburn is suddenly creaking at the seams with Branches of the newly created Martins Bank. An inevitable consolidation takes place with, initially, the loss of only one Branch – 10 Higher Church Street. Darwen Street is one of the many Lancashire and Yorkshire Branches in the town. It is both large enough, and better equipped to become the main Branch in Blackburn. Sadly we have no images available of the staff of Higher Church Street, (not even the splendidly titled Mr Nutter!) but as ever, the available details about this branch and its history are laid out for you below…