Wednesday 25 July 2012

ABC Wednesday: B is for Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank on Market Street was originally Martins Bank.

See how it looked in the 1960s on Old Hyde.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

8 comments:

  1. Aha! My DH has an account in London right now.

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  2. It hasn't changed much in appearance has it? There is something to be said about stability!

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  3. Even this Yank has heard of THIS bank!
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. my very first account, when i started working, at age eighteen, was with Barclays here in Port of Spain Trinidad; We do not have that corpration here in Trinidad anymore

    much love..

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  5. What happened to the emblem?

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    1. The emblem was Martins so after the "merger" it was removed.

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