| Description | Articles and mentions include a print of Ludgate Street, from Ludgate Hill; details on a dinner attended by the Governor of the meeting of the Court of Assistants of the Society of Apothecaries; details on Pensioners' Day; an article relating to the involvement of the Bank in the capture, in 1762, of the City of Manila in the Philippines, including a portrait of General Sir William Draper, and written by J A Giuseppui; article titled 'The Organisation and Staff of the Bank of Canada';
presentation to Dr. Arthur P. Gibbons.
Obituaries of:
H A Eliot; F M Whiting; G F Woodroffe; Walter Westrup; Melvill Joseph Hardcastle (including photograph); J B Sumner; W R Martin; E J Brackenbury; E L Eldred; and C S Lakeman.
Updates from branches includes Bristol; Law Courts; Manchester; Leeds; Birmingham; Hull; Plymouth; Liverpool; Newcastle.
Update from Clubs and Societies including Operatic and Dramatic Society; Debating Society; Chess Club; Musical Society; concert at Queen's Hall, 1938; details on the Consols Office including married v single 'soccer' match; Stamp Circle (stamp collecting); Bridge Club; City of London Special Constabulary; Library and Literary Association; Riding Club; Horticultural Society; Arts Society including needlework and photography, and the Arts Society Exhibition and Arts Society dance; the Christian Union; Scout Society; table tennis; Rifle Club; Dividend Office third annual ‘Married v Single’ soccer match; and Bank Clerks’ Orphanage.
Update on Bank of England Sports Club includes rugby football; association football; lawn tennis; cricket; squash rackets; hockey; athletics; billiards; golf; and badminton.
Update on Bank of England Women’s Sports Club includes swimming; squash rackets; lawn tennis; netball; hockey; athletics; and badminton.
Photographs:
Performance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by the Operatic and Dramatic Society; photographs of 'Spring Tide' performance; The Newcastle branch and Westminster Bank (Newcastle) team entered in the Newcastle and District Banks Cup competition; the dinner after the Dividend Office ‘Married v Single’ football match; an act involving a bird called ‘Sally’ at the cabaret at the Arts Society dance; several images of gas mask instruction including work of the Film Society; ARP volunteer fire service (Air Raid Precautions); the ‘Inglis’ cup; the ‘Transfer by Deed Office II’; photograph of H F Gilbert. |