Out and About - on the road with Martins Bank

Following decades of amalgamation with other banks, the Bank of Liverpool, the former Martin’s Private Bank and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank resurface in 1928 as MARTINS BANK LIMITED. The Bank doesn’t opt for the “slash and burn” policy we see so often in today’s business world, choosing instead to listen to its shareholders, and more importantly its customers, before designing the kind the of bank that people will want to use, recommend to their friends, and of course trust without question. Staff are not left out either, and although these are the times when men are considered sole bread winner and women used as ornaments, there is a sense of “family” at Martins Bank that is still talked about today by those who were there.

WHY NOT ALSO VISIT THESE PAGES

A major statement of the Bank’s independence is of course the lavish new Head Office building at 4 Water Street, Liverpool. A policy of expansion follows, with Martins determined to be represented all over England and Wales, and in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Ahead of some very expensive new builds, the Bank takes temporary branches to get a foothold in a particular town or City, before finding the best location in which to open a permanent office. This is all backed up by the Bank’s presence at agricultural shows and other trade events all over the United Kingdom. Our features – Mobile Branches and Trade Stands – show the fleet of mobile branch caravans and also many of the elaborate and colourful stands used to attract new business. On this page, and with the help of publicity leaflets and advertising copy, we take in the sheer number of events visited in two particular years – 1956 when the Mobile Branches and Trade Stands are at full stretch around the Country, and 1969 when Barclays begins to provide some of the trade stand venues from which BOTH Banks can trade before their merger is complete…

This leaflet (left) lists the events at which the Bank’s Mobile Branches will be in attendance throughout Show Season 1956. The newspaper advertisements (right) from 1954-1956 are printed in the same generic form, with just the location date and time changed to suit each show. Advantage is also taken of the local nature of the events to add the name and address of a local branch at the end of the wording.

SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS 1956

*Appleby*	*25 Aug. 1956*	*Appleby Agricultural Show*
*Aylesbury*	*6 Sept. 1956*	*Buckinghamshire Agricultural Show*
*Bakewell*	*9 Aug. 1956*	*Bakewell Agricultural Show*
*Bedford*	*13—14 July1956*	*Bedfordshire Agricultural Show*
*Bellingham*	*22 Sept. 1956*	*North Tyne & Redesdale Agricultural Show*
*Binfield*	*22 Sept. 1956*	*Wokingham & District Agricultural Show*
*Bingley*	*15 Aug. 1956*	*Bingley Show*
*Blackpool*	*31 July —3 Aug. 1956*	*Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show*
*Bowdon*	*18—19 Sept. 1956*	*Altrincham Agricultural & Horticultural Show*
*Bramhall*	*1 Sept. 1956*	*Bramhall Show*
*Bristol*	*21 May 1956*	*North Somerset Agricultural Show*
*Bromley*	*6 Aug. 1956*	*Bromley Horse Show*
*Burnley*	*2 June 1956*	*Burnley Agricultural Show*
*Bury*	*11 Aug. 1956*	*Bury & District Agricultural Show*
*Cardiff*	*30 May —2 June 1956*	*Bath & West & Southern Counties Show*
*Carlisle*	19 July 1956	*Cumberland Agricultural Show*
*Castle Bromwich*	*23 April* *—4 May 1956*	*British Industries Fair*
*Chester*	*6—7 June 1956*	*Great Cheshire Show*
*Chester-le-Street*	*3—4 Aug. 1956*	*Durham County Show*
*Corbridge-on-Tyne*	*6 Aug. 1956*	*Tyneside Agricultural Show*
*Costessey*	27—28 June 1956	*Royal Norfolk Agricultural Show*
*Derby*	*23 June* *1956*	*Notts. & Derbyshire Counties Agricultural Show*
*Dorchester*	6 Sept. 1956	*Dorchester Agricultural Show*
*Driffield*	25 July 1956	*Driffield Agricultural Show*
*Ely*	*25—26 May 1956*	*Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely Agricultural Show*
*Enderby*	*15—16 June 1956*	*Leicestershire Agricultural Show*
*Exeter*	*24—26 May 1956*	*Devon County Agricultural Show*
*Formby*	14 July 1956	*Formby Show*
*Frome*	*26 Sept. 1956*	*Frome District Agricultural Show*
*Gargrave*	*18 Aug. 1956*	*Gargrave & District Agricultural Show*
*Gillingham*	*29 Aug. 1956*	*Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Show*
*Great Harwood*	*23 June* *1956*	*Great Harwood Agricultural Show*
*Harrogate*	*10—12 July 1956*	*Great Yorkshire Show*
*Hazel Grove*	*6—7 July 1956*	*N.E. Cheshire Show*
*Helston*	*6—7 June 1956*	*Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show*
*Hereford*	*12—14 June 1956*	*Three Counties Show*
*High Wycombe*	*1 Sept. 1956*	*High Wycombe & District Agricultural Show*
*Ipswich*	*6—7 June 1956*	*Suffolk County Show*
*Kendal*	*13 Sept. 1956*	*Westmorland Agricultural Show*
*Keswick*	*5 Sept. 1956*	*Keswick Agricultural & Horse Show*
*Kettering*	*8 Sept. 1956*	*Northamptonshire Agricultural Show*
*Kidlington*	*8—9 May 1956*	*Oxfordshire Agricultural Show*
*Kintbury*	*15 Sept. 1956*	*Newbury & District Agricultural Show*
*Lancaster*	*1 Aug. 1956*	*Lancaster Agricultural Show*
*Leicester*	*7—8 Aug. 1956*	*City of Leicester Show Abbey Park*
*Lytham*	25 July 1956	*Lytham St. Annes Agricultural&Horticultural Show*
*Macclesfleld*	*29 Aug. 1956*	*Macclesfield Show*
*Maidstone*	*11—12 July 1956*	*Kent County Agricultural Show*
*Melksham*	*23 May 1956*	*Trowbridge, Melksham & District Agricultural Show*
*Moreton-in-Marsh*	*8 Sept. 1956*	*Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural Show*
*Mottram*	14 July 1956	*Mottram & District Agricultural Show*
*Nantwich*	*1Aug. 1956*	*Nantwich Agricultural Show*
*Newark*	*4—5 May 1956*	*Newark & District Agricultural Show*
*Newcastle upon Tyne*	*3—6 July 1956*	*Royal Agricultural Show of England*
*Oswestry*	*2 Aug. 1956*	*Oswestry Agricultural Show*
*Otley*	*19 May 1956*	*Wharfedale Agricultural Show*
*Penrith*	*9 Aug. 1956*	*Penrith Agricultural Show*
*Peterborough*	17—19 July 1956	*Peterborough Agricultural Show*
*Poole*	20—23 June 1956	*Royal Counties Agricultural Show*
*Reigate*	*21 May 1956*	*Surrey Agricultural Show*
*Rhyl*	25—27 July 1956	*Royal Welsh Agricultural Show*
*Rhyl*	*1 Sept. 1956*	*Denbigh & Flint Agricultural Show*
*Richmond*	*14—16 June 1956*	*Richmond Royal Horse Show*
*Rochdale*	28 July 1956	*Rochdale & District Agricultural Show*
*Shepton Mallet*	*4 Sept. 1956*	*Great Mid-Somerset Agricultural Show*
*Shillingford, near Oxford*	10—12 Oct. 1956	*World Ploughing Championships*
*Shrewsbury*	*16—17 May 1956*	*Shropshire & West Midland Agricultural Show*
*Sleaford*	20—21 June 1956	*Lincolnshire Agricultural Show*
*Southport*	*22—24 Aug. 1956*	*Southport Flower Show*
*St. Albans*	*17 May 1956*	*Hertfordshire Show*
*St. Ives*	16 June 1956	*Huntingdonshire Agricultural Show*
*Stanhope*	*8—10 Sept. 1956*	*Stanhope Agricultural Show*
*Stockton-on-Tees*	28 July 1956	*Stockton Agricultural Show*
*Stroud*	21 July 1956	*Stroud Agricultural Show*
*Thame*	*20 Sept. 1956*	*Thame Show*
*Tunbridge Wells*	29—30 *June* *1956*	*Tunbridge Wells & S.E. Counties Agricultural Show*
*Wavertree*	*July* 19—21 1956	*Liverpool Show*
*Wellesbourne*	*21—22 May 1956*	*Warwickshire Agricultural Show*
*Windsor*	*10—12 May 1956*	*Royal Windsor Horse Show*
*Wolsingham*	*1—3 Sept. 1956*	*Wolsingham & Wear Valley Agricultural Show*
*Wooler*	*22 Aug. 1956*	*Glendale Agricultural Show*
*Yeovil*	*13 Sept. 1956*	*Yeovil Agricultural Show*

1969 Banking at the Shows Leaflet - Beryl Creer - MBA

This leaflet (left) lists the events at which Martins Mobile Branches will be in attendance throughout Show Season 1969. This time, the banking services available at many of the events will be hosted by Barclays at their own Trade Stands, but there are one or two notable and prestigious exceptions.

Martins Bank has its own Branch on Centre Court at the All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon. It also has a permanent show Branch at the Great Yorkshire Showground, in Harrogate, which was opened in 1962, and kept on by Barclays until March 2001.

1969 Wimbledon Centre Court PA

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS AND OTHER EVENTS 1969

*Alwalton, Peterborough*	15—17 July *1969*	East of England Show*
*Ardingly*	5— 7 June 1969	South of England Show*
*Bakewell*	7 August 1969	Bakewell Show*
*Biggin Hill*	15 *— 18* *May* *1969*	*International Air Fair*
*Bingley*	*13 August 1969*	*Bingley Show*
*Blackpool*	10—16 *May* *1969*	*1969 Dance Festival*
*Blackpool*	29 *— 31 July* *1969*	*Royal Lancashire Show*
*Bramhall*	*16 August 1969*	*Bramhall Show*
*Brecon*	*2 August 1969*	Brecknockshire Show*
*Broadlands Park, Romsey*	*13 Sept. 1969*	Romsey Show*
*Bucklesham Rd., Ipswich*	4— 5 June 1969	Suffolk Show*
*Builth Wells*	*22—24 July* *1969*	Royal Welsh Show*
*Burghley Park, Stamford*	4— 6 Sept. 1969	Burghley Horse Trials*
*Bury*	14 June 1969	*Bury & District Agricultural Show*
*Carlisle*	24 July *1969*	*Cumberland County Show*
*Chester-le-Strect*	1—2 August 1969	*Durham County Show*
*Corbridge*	*26 May* *1969*	Tyneside Show*
*Costessey*	*25—26 June*	Royal Norfolk Show*
*Detling, Nr Maidstone*	*9—10 July* *1969*	Kent County Show*
*Dorfold Park, Nantwich*	*13 August 1969*	Nantwich Show*
*Driffield*	23 July *1969*	*Driffield Agricultural Show*
*Exeter*	15 *— 17* *May* *1969*	*Devon County Show*
*Flint*	*4—9 August 1969*	Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales*
*Formby*	*12 July* *1969*	*Formby Show*
*Friars Wash, Redbourn*	*31 May* *1969*	Hertfordshire Show*
*Frome*	*17 Sept. 1969*	Frome Show*
*Garstang*	9 August 1969	*Garstang Show*
*Glendale*	*30 Sept. 1969*	*Glendale Agricultural Show*
*Grange-over-Sands*	*4 — 5 July* *1969*	*Lakeland Rose Show*
*Great Harwood*	*26 May* *1969*	*Great Harwood Show*
*Great Leighs, Chelmsford*	13 *— 14 June 1969*	Essex Show*
*Harrogate*	8 *— 10 July* *1969*	*Great Yorkshire Show*
*Hartwell Park, Nr Aylesbury*	*4 Sept. 1969*	Buckinghamshire Show*
*Henwick Court, Nr Newbury*	*20 Sept. 1969*	Newbury & District Show*
*Home Park, Windsor*	8—11 *May* *1969*	Royal Windsor Horse Show*
*Hooton Park, Nr Chester*	4— 5 June 1969	Cheshire Show*
*Hulme Park, Alnwick*	14 June 1969	Northumberland County Show*
*Keighley*	*6 Sept. 1969*	*Keighley & District Agricultural Show*
*Kendal*	*11 Sept. 1969*	*Westmorland County Show*
*Kings Meadow, Reading*	22 *— 23 August 1969*	Reading Horticultural Show*
*Lancaster*	20 August 1969	*Lancaster Agricultural Show*
*Llangollen*	*8 — 13 July* *1969*	Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod*
*Llanwenarth, Abergavenny*	9 August 1969	Abergavenny & Border Counties Show*
*Malvern*	10—12 June 1969	*Three Counties Show*
*Monmouth "The Vauxhall"*	28 August 1969	Monmouth Show*
*Moor Park Club, Rickmansworth*	12—16 August 1969	*W.D. & H.O. Wills Open Golf Tournament*
*Nantyci Field, Carmarthen*	7 *— 8 August 1969*	United Counties Show*
*Netherton*	14 June 1969	*Littlewoods Annual Sports & Gala*
*New Park, Brockenhurst*	30 July *1969*	New Forest Show*
*Northallerton*	2 August 1969	*Northallerton Show*
*Northampton*	26 July *1969*	*Northamptonshire County Show*
*Olympia*	*29 August* —*13 Sept. 1969*	*Do-it- Yourself Exhibition*
*Olympia*	8—12 Sept. 1969	*Export Services Exhibition*
*Olympia*	29—*Sept. 8 Oct. 1969*	*Business Efficiency Exhibition*
*Olympia*	21—23 Oct. 1969	Royal International Dairy Show*
*Oswestry*	31 July *1969*	Oswestry Show*
*Otley*	*24 May* *1969*	Otley Show*
*Oxford Airport*	16—17 *May* *1969*	Oxfordshire Show*
*Pannal Golf Club, Nr Harrogate*	4 *— 7 June 1969*	Sumrie Golf Tournament*
*Penrith*	9 August 1969	*Penrith Show*
*Rhyl*	*21 August 1969*	Denbighshire & Flintshire Show*
*Royal Birkdale Golf Club*	15—20 Sept. 1969	Ryder Cup Golf Tournament*
*Royal Lytham Golf Club*	7 *— 12 July* *1969*	*Open Golf Championship*
*Shaftesbury*	*27 August 1969*	Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show*
*Shepton Mallet*	28—31 *May* *1969*	*Bath & West Show*
*Shepton Mallet*	*3 Sept. 1969*	Mid-Somerset Show*
*Shrewsbury*	21 *— 22* *May* *1969*	Shropshire & West Midlands Show*
*South Park, Darlington*	16 August 1969	Darlington Show*
*Southport*	*27— 29 August 1969*	*Southport Flower Show*
*Stafford*	28 *— 29* *May* *1969*	Staffordshire Show*
*Stanford Park, Rugby*	25—26 July *1969*	The Game Fair*
*Stewart Park, Middlesbrough*	26 *July* *1969*	Tees-side Show*
*Stoke Park, Guildford*	*26 May* *1969*	Surrey County Show*
*Stoke Park, Guildford*	6— 7 Sept. 1969	Guildford Town Show*
*Stoke Poges Golf Club*	22 *— 24* *May* *1969*	Agfa-Gevaert Golf Tournament*
*Stoneleigh*	1— 4 July *1969*	*Royal Show*
*Swallowfield Park, Nr Reading*	*27 Sept. 1969*	Wokingham Show*
*Tendring, Nr Manningtree*	*12 July* *1969*	Tendring Hundred Show*
*Thame*	*18 Sept. 1969*	Thame Show*
*The Show Field, Stokesley*	*20 Sept. 1969*	Stokesley Show*
*Tichbourne Park, Nr Alresford*	*6 Sept. 1969*	Alresford Show*
*Wadebridge*	3 *— 4* *June* *1969*	Royal Cornwall Show*
*Wavertree*	*17 — 19 July* *1969*	*Liverpool Show*
*Wentworth*	9—11 Oct. 1969	*Piccadilly Golf Tournament*
*Wimbledon*	*23 June* *— July 5* *1969*	*Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship*
*Winthorpe, Nr Newark*	2 *— 3* *May* *1969*	Newark & Nottingham Show*
*Withybush Airport, Haverfordwest*	13 *— 14 August 1969*	Pembrokeshire Show*
*Wolsingham*	*6 & 8 Sept. 1969*	*Wolsingham & Wear Valley Agricultural Show*
*Yeovil*	*11 Sept. 1969*	*Yeovil Agricultural Show*

Being “out and about” forms a major part of Martins Bank’s networking policy for more than forty years, and as Banks are systematically removed from small towns and villages, it will soon be easy to forget the huge role played in even our tiniest communities by local bank branches, and the presence of the staff we know by name going to extremes to be helpful at trade stands, and in caravans at everything from a local fete to a major sporting occasion. The most we can expect nowadays is the occasional visit from a “Bank on Wheels”, but nothing quite as exciting as an elaborate stand laid out like a stage set, or the romance of the Bank’s caravans spending six months of the year on the road…