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“Martins
Branch”… East Boldon Branch is opened in
1922 by the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, and is closed and moved to
new premises at the end of 1974.
Following the 1969 merger of Martins and Barclays, this is one of the
first Barclays cheques to feature the “Martins Branch” logo which to everyone
who sees it is supposed to serve as a reminder of Martins Bank until Barclays
stationery is redesigned in the early 1980s.
Note also the absence at this time of Barclays’ own logo, as part of
the gradual transition which takes place partly to placate customers in some
parts of the country who are not at all happy with the demise of Martins
Bank.
Our East Boldon cheque is from the
early days of the merger, as it still bears the stamp duty paid symbol. Stamp duty on cheques is abolished in
February 1971 just two weeks before the UK’s currency goes decimal. Up to that time customers had been expected
to pay a TAX of two pence for
every cheque they wrote! For our feature, we eavesdrop on the retirement
celebrations for Mr G A Welsh, who has spent the last nine of his forty-three
years with the Bank at East Boldon… |
In Service: 13 December 1922 until 30 November 1974
Image © Barclays Ref 0030-0880
Image © Martins Bank
Archive Collections – G Denis Richardson |
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