| Description | Articles and mentions include details on the United Banks’ Art Exhibition; the opening of the New Nurses’ House at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital by H.R.H the Duchess of Kent; article titled ‘Life in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – A Contribution from the Federal Reserve Club‘; article by W E Leffler recounting memories of nineteenth century Bank life and Dividend Payment Days at the Bank titled ‘Old Times in the Bank – A Further Collection of Reminiscences’
Artwork and photographs include:
‘The rush to change notes into gold, 5th August 1914’; Thomas Sandes / Sandys, Merchant of London; Mr and Mrs W E Leffler; ‘The Moat Wall’ from an oil painting by H S Kortright, R.B.A; photographs taken of a woman on a ‘winter cruise’; photograph of 'Juanita'; Group photograph of the Dividend Pay Office Dinner, 1904 (J W C Goodfellow; A E Gimingham; H H Lempriere; A E Neeld; Noel Grant; E A Gardner; Walter Westrup; Percy Storr; D W Way; B W C L L S Hahnemann; T S Chapman; E B Gillett; G J Baumbach; Henry Storr); photograph of the United Banks Art Exhibition; events of the quarter including cricket and the Riding Club’s first gymkhana; several photographs showing the Dividend Preparation Office including the dividend book machines, stencil cutting room, and Burroughs operating rooms.
Obituaries:
T J Stevens; W J G Merrifield; J D Nicol; J L Tull; A B H Saunders; John Leslie Tull; Alfred Bertram Hilgay Saunders; William John Geach Merrifield ; James Dyce Nicol
Branch updates includes information on Newcastle; Plymouth; Manchester; Bristol; Liverpool; Hull; Birmingham; and Leeds.
Updates from Clubs and Societies includes the Rifle Club; Debating Society (including Midland Bank Debating Society); Bank Clerks’ Orphanage; Chess Club; City of London Special Constabulary; Operatic and Dramatic Society; British Red Cross Society (City Centre); Table Tennis; Stamp Circle; Musical Society; the Christian Union; Film Society; Arts Society; Fencing Club; Time and Talents Guild; Horticultural Society; ARP Exercises (Air Raid Precaution)
Updates from the Bank of England Sports Club includes cricket; golf; rugby football; fives; squash rackets; lawn tennis; hockey; and association football.
Updates from the Bank of England Women’s Sports Club includes hockey; netball; squash rackets; lawn tennis; and badminton.
Includes the first volume of the ‘Little Old Lady’ Vol. 1, No. 1 publication which includes various articles, poems and cartoons.
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