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 St Brelade,
along with Jersey’s other sub-branch at Gorey is a really good example of the
“modern look” that Martins Bank
strives to achieve in the 1960s – and it is a look that would not be out of place today. Although St Helier is featured in detail
in Martins Bank Magazine, this photo of St Brelade is the only printed
reminder of this attractive, modern-looking office. Despite having been
operated for full hours across the six-day banking week, St Brelade is one of
many Martins Branches no longer required at the time of the merger with
Barclays.
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This building in Service: 1960 until 12 December 1969
Image – Martins
Bank Archive Collections
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By closing on 12 December 1969 it joins the
illustrious ranks of those branches to have only ever served the customers of
Martins Bank.
 From coin counting to coffee beans: Today’s building is relatively
unchanged, and still recognisable. It doesn’t look too bad, for a 1960s concrete concoction, but that modern
day grey image doesn’t do it any favours.
There was, we think, always
something optimistic about the more “Mediterranean” whitewashed look of the
original, redolent of those holidays in faraway places…
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