| Description | Includes articles on William Henry Clegg's appointment to Governorship of the newly established South African Reserve Bank (SARB) - he resigned on 25 Nov 1920 from his position as Chief Accountant of the Bank in consequence on 25 November 1920; Consecration of St Christopher's Masonic Lodge intended for the sole use of Directors and Clerical staff of the Bank; 'Charles Dickens and the Bank'; the statue of Rowland Hill which once stood outside the Royal Exchange; The Bank Library and Literary Association; the Bank Garden; a memorial to Bank staff killed in the Great War.
Illustration: Portrait of "Sir John Houblon Knight - Alderman, Lord Mayor of the City of London Anno 1696 and at the same time one of the Lords of the Hight Court of Admiralty & First governour of the Bank of England."
Resignations - A presentation was held on 30 Dec 1920 for Mr H E McCloud on his resignation after 20 years of service. He left the Bank to train for and serve the Church; Mr S I E Crouch - left to take up an appointment as Assistant Secretary of the London Assurance Company. He entered the Bank in 1900, was appointed Chief Clerk at Newcastle in 1914 and then transferred to Manchester in 1919.
Obituary of Frederick Lawrence Tarrant - a member of the staff of the Liverpool Branch since 1899. |