| Description | Illustrations include: Waterloo Bridge and the Shot Tower from Charing Cross (sketch by A J F Bond); photograph of A G Rowlett; sketch of Allan Fea by Seymour Lucas; 'The Restrictions of Cash Payments, 1797 (cartoon by James Gilray with explanatory notes); a View of the South Front of the Bank in the late 18th Century (drawing and description); 'House Personalities, No r - Mr W B Hillkirk (drawing by Laurence Attridge); 'An Impression of the Public Drawing Office' (caricature by H S Clarke).
Articles include: roman remains discovered during excavations for the new building; memories of Bank Clerk, Allan Fea, of his time at the Bank beginning 50 years before; 'Imaginary Visits to the Bank - A Bank Bab Ballad' - verse as might have been described by W S Gilbert; Branch Notes; correspondence on The Wallbrook; Branch notes Manchester - Mr F E Knollys left 17 Dec 1929 to become Sub-Agent of the Western Branch, and death of Gerald B Woollard; the Bank Clerks' Orphanage..
Obituary articles: Gerald B Woollard (Senior Clerk, Manchester Branch - entered Service 11 Feb 1909, died 26 Dec 1929).
Other obituaries: A B H Jackson (Agent, Plymouth Branch - entered Service 13 Nov 1890, died 8 Nov 1929); A T Spriggs (formerly a 1st Class Clerk in the Public Drawing Office, entered Service 31 Mar 1870, pensioned 13 May 1909, died 19 Nov 1929); Dr A T Davies (formerly Medical Office to the Bank - Appointed 11 Jan 1906, pensioned 1 Oct 1929, died 24 Nov 1929); S J Elyard (formerly Principal of the Bank Stock Office, etc, Office - entered Service 14 Dec 1882, pensioned 2 Sep 1926, died 11 Dec 1929); Augustus Hamilton (formerly a Cashier - entered Service 20 Jun 1867, pensioned 23 Oct 1913, died 26 Dec 1929); Augustus Bridger (formerly Principal of the Colonial Office - entered Service 28 Feb 1861, pensioned 21 Nov 1907, died 2 Jan 1930); F A H Breach (formerly 1st Class Clerk, 5% War Stock Office - entered Service 11 Dec 1884, pensioned 8 Mar 1928, died 5 Jan 1930); E H Wood (formerly a 2nd Class Clerk at Liverpool Branch - entered Service 23 Sep 1869, pensioned 9 Dec 1909, died 13 Jan 1930).
Retirement articles: note of a Farewell Dinner for Mr A G Rowlett, Chairman of the Library Committee from 1923-1930 (with photo); Stanley D B James (Principal of the 5% War Stock Office - entered Service 9 Sep 1886, pensioned 1 Dec 1929); Mr C H Roud, retired on 31 Dec 1929.
Other Retirements: John Nichols (Superintendent in the 5% War Stock Office - entered Service 17 Dec 1885, pensioned 18 Dec 1929); A E Scott Curtis (1st Class Clerk, Public Drawing Office - entered Service 12 Dec 1889, pensioned 13 Dec 1929); T E Boscawen (Agent, Western Branch - entered Service 10 Oct 1895, pensioned 19 Dec 1929); F B Kempe (Deputy-Principal, In-Tellers Office - entered Service 12 Dec 1889, pensioned 14 Jan 1930); J G Johnson (2nd Class Clerk, Accountant's Dept - entered Service 12 Nov 1908, pensioned 15 Nov 1929); V G Biscoe (a Cashier - entered Service 31 Jul 1884, pensioned 28 Dec 1929) |