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The Manager of Victoria
Street is Mr H R Stone, who has already been the Manager at Market Street Branch for five
years. In 1954 it is time for him to
hang up his Bank Tie for the last time, and look forward to a long a happy
retirement. Martins Bank Magazine
takes a look at his career, and the festivities surrounding his retirement
in their Autumn 1954 issue…
A long and distinguished
career…
  Mr.
Stone, one of the best-known managers in the service, retired at the end of
May after nearly 43 years in the Bank. He is, incidentally, the first manager
in the Midland District to retire since the establishment of the District
as a separate entity. Mr. Stone
commenced his career in 1912 and after serving at Head Office, Breck Road
and Walton, and was called to the Colours in August 1914, serving with the
Liverpool Scottish in company with many other Bank colleagues. He was
wounded at Ypres in 1915 and later that year was commissioned in the South
Lancashire Regiment in which he served until June 1919, being seriously
wounded on the Somme in 1916. He resumed his banking career at
Blundellsands and after a period of seven years at Head Office became
Manager at Colwyn Bay in 1927. He
was appointed Manager at Market Street, Nottingham, in 1935 and of
Victoria Street, Nottingham, in 1940. On
the afternoon of May 31st, Mr. J. A. Naisbitt, Midland District General
Manager, on behalf of many of Mr. Stone's old friends and colleagues,
presented him with a leather suit-case and a hold-all as a token of their
warm regard for him and referred to his long and distinguished service in
the Bank. In the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Stone entertained the members of the
staff at Victoria Street and the Manager and Pro Manager at Market Street
branch, to dinner.
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Mr. M. Hollway proposed Mr.
Stone's health, and in reply, Mr. Stone gave an interesting description of
the various stages of his career, and in the course of his speech drew
various lessons which he thought might assist the younger men in their
future days in the Bank. A bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are hoping to visit Athens,
Palestine and Egypt next year, so that with travelling, gardening and some
treasurership duties retirement prospects are indeed bright.
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A complete change…
Whilst there are currently
no images of Nottingham Victoria Street Branch, we can bring you this view
of the building that now stands on the original site, another contemporary
photograph from our friend Rob Hancock.
Rob explains a little more about the circumstances that lead
Barclays to move away from, and
then back to, this part of
Nottingham:
{“The present Barclays High Street
Nottingham branch is now the ONLY branch in the city centre and stands on
the site previously occupied by Martins Victoria Street. When I worked
there, trolleybuses used to pass by here on the route from St Anns Well Road
to Wilford Bridge. The Martins branch closed on amalgamation with Barclays,
the business transferring to St Peters Gate, but it became necessary to re
open the Victoria Street site as a “counter extension” to relieve pressure
on St Peters Gate, eventually closing when the site was redeveloped as
Barclays High Street.”}
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Image © Martins Bank Archive Collections
Rob Hancock
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