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As all banks close down
their branches at the rate of several a week in the third decade of the
twenty-first century, it is saddening to see that in former Martins Bank
strongholds like the Lake District, Manchester, Merseyside and the Wirral
Peninsula, so many have been lost to history. That there is still a need for
cash has thankfully been noticed, and some banks are now running local hubs,
where you can obtain service from several banks under the same roof, with
each bank being available on one set day each week. Unfortunately for Lower
Bebington, its branch is closed before this initiative is thought of, and the
doors at 182a Bebington Road are shut for the final time in 2011 - after
eighty-three years in service. |
In service: 11 May 1928 – 18 February 2011 Image © Barclays Ref 0030-1739 |
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Martins Bank Magazine never visits the Branch,
but there is one retirement write-up in the archive, from 1967, that we can use
as our feature article for this branch. In a much shorter piece than is
usually published when someone hangs up their Bank tie for last time, we
learn of the retirement of Mr Othick, who has been Clerk in Charge at Lower
Bebington for the last twenty-one years…
It was his wish that there should be no formal presentation, but
at a small dinner party given by him and his wife a clock was presented to
him from past and present colleagues as a token of their regard. The District
General Manager called on Mr Othick on his last day to wish him well in
retirement.
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