| Description | Includes articles relating to: ceromony to mark the passing of the last "Stock-side" Offices from the old building, and new model of the Bank (editorial notes); Robert Browning with examples of his sketches and illustrations; the Private Drawing Office of the Bank; account by Koob Estaw on 29 days on HMT Ard Glamis; the Bank from Within; the "stairs" of the River Thames; the Operatic Society "Ruddigore" with accompanying photograph. Bank of England staff (St Christopher) Fund for voluntary hospitals.
Obituaries for pensioners: Mr T F A Agnew, died 20 Nov 1924 aged 90 (worked for the Hull and then Liverpool branch where he was Agent until his retirement); M C Wright (Treasury), died 26 Nov 1924; C E Trezevant (Consols Office), died 30 Nov 1924; Anthony Puzey (Chief Clerk at Portsmouth Branch), died 6 Dec 1924; Percy G Stephens (Private Drawing Office), died 14 Dec 1924; W H Gossage (Treasury), died 19 Dec 1924; F C E Perkins (Treasury), died 27 Jan 1925.
Retirements: Mr L C Brookes (Principal of the Treasury); Mr Leslie Clode (Superintendent of the Bank); Mr W M Fisher (Private Drawing Office) |