| Description | Illustrations: The Bank Garden, April 1928 (photo); The Tomb of Valentine Clark at Boulogne (photo); The Late Mr William Douro Hoare, CBE (photo).
Includes articles relating to: the Bank's branches; literary references to the Bank; 'Habitacons of the Servants' - an old document of the Bank (1794); the rebuilding of the Bank - office moves; 'Blinds Down' - reminiscence of Great War by J C J ford; 'Our Circus at Finsbury; and Valentine Clark (with photo). Also includes verse 'Hymn to the Budget'.
Obituaries: (articles and photo) W Douro Hoare (Director of the Bank since 1898), died 10 April 1928; (article) Arthur Frank Olivier (Private Drawing Office), entered the Bank 10 Nov 1887, died 7 Apr 1928; H H Lempriere (Dividend Office), bank service 14 Dec 1882 - 9 Oct 1919, died 17 Feb 1928; W P Saffrey (Dividend Accounts Office), bank service 22 Sep 1859 - 4 Feb 1904, died 26 Feb 1928; J R Dobson (Cashier), bank service 24 May 1860 - 2 Feb 1905, died 20 Mar 1928; A J Wilson (Hull Branch), bank service 18 Jun 1885 - 25 Nov 1915, died 25 Feb 1928; Edward Lodington (Manchester Branch), bank service 31 Mar 1870 - 18 Mar 1915, died 29 Apr 1928; G E Allen (Auxiliary Clerk), entered the bank 7 Jul 1919, died 22 Mar 1928.
Retirements: (article) Mr F D D Terry, retired 29 Feb 1928 after 42 years of service, mostly in the Bank Stock Office; Charles Yates Luson (Deputy-Principal, Power of Attorney), bank service 14 Jun 1883 - 13 Oct 1927; Frederick Digby D Terry (1st-Class Clerk, Bank Stock Office), bank service 17 Dec 1885 - 1 Mar 1928; Philip Algeron Plumbe (Principal, Power of Attorney Office), bank service 5 May 1881 - 23 Feb 1928; Edward Proctor Mullins (1st-Class Clerk, Private Drawing Office), bank service 19 Jun 1884 - 7 Mar 1928; Cecil Vane Dunstan (Superintendent, Dividend Office), bank service 14 May 1891 - 1 Jun 1928; Philip John Berrow (2nd-Class Clerk, Private Drawing Office), bank service 15 Oct 1914 - 1 Mar 1928 (retired due to ill-health); Frank Arthur H Breach (1st-Class Clerk, 5% War Stock Office), bank service 11 Dec 1884 - 12 Mar 1928; Leonard E Williams (Superintendent, 5% War Stock Office), bank service 18 Jun 1885 - 6 Apr 1928; Edgar Henry Cross (Cashier, Treasury), bank service 17 Jun 1886 - 4 May 1928. |