| Description | Illustrations include: 'Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament' (sketch by A J F Bond); 'The new Bank' (architect's sketches by Robert Baker); wildlife photographs (D N Dalton); 'House Personalities, No 4 - The President of the Debating Society (caricature by H S Clarke); a cartoon of 'The effects of Tight lacing on the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street' taken from 'Punch' magazine, 1847; 'The Bank of England in ye Poultry' (sketch with paragraph on Grocers' Hall); "Bank of England", Burnley (photo); portrait of Mr E H Poole; caricature of N A Hudson (H S Clarke); 'His First Day' (drawing by N Nettleton of a new probationer in the Drawing Office).
Includes articles relating to: the Bank's new telephone number; the Bank's branches; article and photographs on wildlife by a bank clerk, D N Dalton; Imaginary visits to the Bank - Charles Dickens; the "Bank of England" Burnley (with photo); continuation of accounts of Bank Life a Century Ago, from a Clerk's diary, Samuel Harrison; correspondence on the couse of the Wallbrook; verse "If" Mr Kipling Visited the Editorial Offices of "The Old Lady"; Branch notes;
Retirement articles: Mr. E. H. Poole, with accompanying portrait, (Principal, Dividend Pay Office - entered Service 14 Jun 1883, pensioned 19 Oct 1929); Major A E Scott Curtis (founder of the Bank Sports Club - retired 1929); William Challis (Dividend Accoounts Office - retirement presentation 25 Sep 1929); Mr. C. A. Waterfield (Senior Cashier of the Treasury - entered Service 19 Apr 1888, pensioned 19 Sep 1929).
Other Retirements: C G Purton (Chief Clerk, Birmingham Branch - entered Service 28 Jun 1888, pensioned 2 Nov 1929); E C F Beasley (Superintendent, Dividend Preparation Office - entered Service 10 Nov 1887, pensioned 11 Nov 1929); Stanley D B James (Principal, £5% War Stock Office - entered Service 9 Sep 1886, pensioned 1 Dec 1929); A J Mitchell (a Cashier - entered Service 17 Jun 1886, pensioned 15 Sep 1929); Arthur T Davies, MD, FRCP (Medical Officer to the Bank - retired 30 Sep 1929); F J Plumer (a Cashier - entered Service 9 Sep 1996, pensioned 1 Oct 1929);
Obituary articles: Frank Meaburn Nairne (Superintendent, Dividend Office - entered Service 14 Mar 1901, died 22 Aug 1929; Edward Greenbank (4th-Class Clerk, Accountant's Dept - entered Service 31 Jan 1921, died 11 Oct 1929).
Other Obituaries: W A Kirchner (Pensioner, formerly a Cashier - entered Service 7 Sep 1871, pensioned 9 Jul 1915, died 3 Sep 1929); W A Temple (4th Class Clerk, Cashier's Dept - entered Service 22 Jan 1923, died 3 Sep 1929); W H Grapes (Pensioner, formerly Chief Clerk in the Branch Banks Office - entered Service 27 Jul 1865, pensioned 2 Dec 1910, died 7 Sep 1929); G W R Tupper (Deputy Chief Clerk, Law Courts Branch - entered Service 1 Dec 1892, died 9 Sep 1929); P A Plumbe (Pensioner, formerly Principal, Power of Attorney Office - entered Service 5 May 1881, pensioned 23 Feb 1928, died 29 Sep 1929); R P Farrant (4th Class Clerk, Cashier's Cept - entered Service 13 Apr 1922, died 8 Oct 1929); Roland Grahame (Pensioner, formerly Principal, Private Drawing Office - entered Service 14 Dec 1882, pensioned 17 Nov 1927, died 11 Oct 1929); G K Lyster (Pensioner, formerly 1st Class Clerk, Private Drawing Office - entered Service 5 May 1881, pensioned 5 May 1922, died 18 Oct 1929). |