| Description | Includes articles relating to: the Bank's branches (Newcastle); Eheu Fugaces (a first impression of working in the Bank); literary references to the Bank (Jules Verne); Michael Godfrey (with photo); a comparison of Dickens and Meredith. Also includes illustrations of the rebuilding of the Bank (photo); the monument to Michael Godfrey in the Church of St Swithin; caricatures of 'Our Chairman', 'Our Secretary' and 'One of our Editors'.
Obituaries: (article) Michael Spencer-Smith (a Director) - died 20 Jan 1928 aged 46; Frederick Rumsey (Chief Cashier's Office) bank service 16 Jun 1864 - 12 Oct 1910, died 14 Nov 1927; The Earl of Cathcart (Private Drawing Office), bank service 11 Dec 1884 - 22 Feb 1900, died 19 Nov 1927; William Henry Bawtree (Accountant's Bank Note Office), bank service 10 Dec 1857 - 30 Mar 1903, died 24 Nov 1927; Richard Haines Little (Leeds Branch), bank service 16 Jun 1864 - 24 Oct 1907, died 21 Nov 1927; Abel Rous Dottin Michell (New 3% Stock Office), bank service 28 Feb 1867 - 14 Oct 1886, died 8 Jan 1928; Neville Brownlow Shute (Western Branch), bank service 23 Mar 1871 - 1 Apr 1906, died 21 Jan 1928; Richard Graham Walker (India Office), bank service 10 Dec 1857 - 29 Sep 1899, died 27 jan 1928; Bernard Roubiliac Conder (Cashier), bank service 21 Jun 1877 - 27 Dec 1921, died 7 Feb 1928; Laurence W Baker (Messenger to the Secretary), bank service 15 Jan 1885 - 4 Mar 1915, died 7 Feb 1928; Frederick Burditt (House Porter at Birmingham), bank service 15 Apr 1880 - 19 May 1915, died 4 Feb 1928.
Retirements: Goerge Frederick Allsop (Principal, Chief Accountant's Correspondence Office), bank service 17 Dec 1885 - 1 Jan 1928; and Roland Grahame (Principal, Drawing Office for Private Accounts), bank service 14 Dec 1882 - 15 Dec 1927; |