| Description | Illustrations include: Reproductions of various pencil drawings by Arthur Bond (AJF Bond); Also includes: Portrait of H V Such, OBE. Supplement of press photographs of bank employees at the Bank during the the £5% war loan conversion, and a cartoon of the 5% War Loan Conversion; drawing of the Five Pound Note Office in 1904 with description; drawings of Uxbridge House, the Western Branch (with article); 'Late Work in the Loans Office (cartoon by Neil Nettleton).
Articles relating to: the 5% War Loan Conversion and its effects on the Bank and employees (with photos) - various articles including a letter from Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Bank and a verse 'The Conversion Alphabet'; article in the series 'Criminal Trials Concerning the Bank - John Vestenburg; branches of the Bank - the Western Branch; Verse on 'St Christopher' by Wilfred G Bryant (published as a tribute to Richard R Goulden, sculptor and designer of the Bank War Memorial, St Christopher and Child, that stands in Garden Court); The passing away of Kenneth Grahame with memoirs and a portrait (drawing by Sargent); 'Evening Trials' - verse on bank employee working into the night; Currency Notes - current affairs commentary by Bartholomew Lane.
Obituary Articles: Note of a presentation made to the widow of the late R.O. Mills (died 6 Mar 1932) and her letter of thanks; Kenneth Grahame (Formerly Secretary and author - entered Service 12 Dec 1878, pensioned 2 Jul 1908, died 6 Jul 1932).
Other Obituaries: O T Hill (formerly Deputy Principal, Accountant's Bank Note Office - entered Service 22 Mar 1877, pensioned 30 Aug 1917, died 16 Jul 1932); Ebenezer Noakes (formerly Chief Clerk, Bristol - entered Service 11 Dec 1884, pensioned 11 Dec 1925, died 27 Jul 1932).
Retirements: H B Howe (Agent, Western Branch, Royal Bank of Scotland - entered Service 22 May 1890, pensioned 1 Jul 1932); W A Flide (Auxiliary Clerk - entered Service 10 Dec 1918, pensioned 8 Apr 1932); E T Luson (Assistant Principal - entered Service 23 Jul 1891, pensioned 1 Aug 1932); H H Slade (1st Class Clerk - entered Service 14 May 1891, pensioned 22 Jul 1932); J R Sugars (Senior Clerk - entered Service 13 Jun 1889, pensioned 29 May 1932); P J Costelow (Superintendent - entered Service 22 May 1890, pensioned 1 Sep 1932); Miss H I Bryson (Assistant to Superintendent of Women Clerks - entered Service 30 May 1902, pensioned 1 Aug 1932); Miss M A Roche (Permanent Woman Clerk - entered Service 17 Feb 1919, pensioned 1 Aug 1932).
Staff Misc: Miss M T Hewitt gained BA Honours - First woman Clerk to achieve this; |