| Description | Illustrations include: The Tower Bridge from the Lower Pool (sketch by A J F Bond); old Gloucester Branch of Bank of England (Photo); Cartoon entitled 'A Bank Stock(ing)' and note about the great financial panic of 1866; Progress of the Re-Building as seen from Garden Court - Oct 1930 (drawing by A B Calvey); Photographs of: The Old Lady on the new Bank building; the governor.
Articles include: Closed branches of the Bank- Gloucester (with photo); Branch Notes; Books of the Quarter with review of "The Old Bank of England, London" by H Roodsby Steele and F R Yerbury; Bank Clerks' Orphanage, Staff Medical Benefits Fund.
Obituary articles: Rev. Father George Charles Hungerford Pollen, SJ (bank Service from 1883 - 1889, died 19 Oct 1930); William Humphrey Jenner Fynmore (Senior Clerk, 5% War Stock Office, entered Service 22 Feb 1900, died 29 Oct 1930); George Alexander Lindsay Pyper (Chief Clerk, Hull Branch - entered Service 18 Jun 1885, died 20 Sep 1930).
Other Obituaries: R W Craigie (former Cashier - entered Service 12 Dec 1878, pensioned Feb 1923, died 19 Oct 1930); Henry Kirkham (formerly Printing Dept - entered Service May 1896, pensioned Feb 1926, died 9 Aug 1930); Robert Robison (formerly Public Drawing Office - entered Service 2 Dec 1880, pensioned May 1919, died 3 Nov 1930); A H Thornhill (formerly a Cashier - entered Service 9 Jun 1887, pensioned 14 Aug 1930, died 17 Aug 1930); S W Webb (formerly India Office - entered Service 23 Mar 1876, pensioned Sep 1903, died 24 Aug 1930).
Retirement articles: R J Hutchinson (Principal, Bank Stock Office - entered Service 19 Apr 1888, pensioned 1 Sep 1930); Ernest Leeds (Superintendent, Dividend Office - entered Service 19 Apr 1888, pensioned 1 Sep 1930); W H Goswell (Superintendent, Bank Stock Office - entered Service 18 Jun 1885, pensioned 20 Sep 1930).
Other Retirements: Reginald B Carter (Principal of Register Office - entered Service 13 Nov 1890, pensioned 1 Dec 1930); Lee Goodier (Sub-Cashier - entered Service 11 Dec 1884, pensioned 16 Aug 1930); Miss F M Kirkwood (Auxiliary Woman Clerk - entered Service 28 Dec 1914, pensioned 18 Oct 1930); H W Veasey (Deputy-Principal, Transfer by Deeds Office, No 2- entered Service 9 Jun 1887, pensioned 1 Dec 1930). |