11-15-00 Alnmouth

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A’s and B’s in Northumberland…

It seems strange that some of Martins Bank’s sub-Branches have manged to outlive their parent Branch by a considerable number of years. Alnmouth is a case in point, having been inherited along with its main Branch, Alnwick, in the amalgamation with the North Eastern Banking Company in 1914. Alnwick itself is closed by Barclays in 1978, but Alnmouth continues to provide a banking service for another fifteen years. This tiny Sub-Branch has no mention in Martins Bank Magazine’s Article “As and Bs in Northumberland” from 1965, so we have no narrative to describe life at the branch. However, this wonderfully evocative image from Barclays does, we think, show Alnmouth in its prime. Although the opening hours are short, this office operates in the mid-morning of each weekday which would suggest a fairly constant flow of business from local people and traders paying in their takings…

In Service: 13 July 1905 until 29 January 1993

1959 Alnmouth Exterior BGA Ref 3-4099