| Description | Includes Illustrations of: 'Richmond' (sketch by A J F Bond); 'The Masonic Foundation Stone' (photo); 'The Romance of Two Sites' (photographs and drawing of Hull Branch); Carricature of James Harrison (Laurence Attridge); Prague (photos); 'Bank of England and Royal Exchange, Cornhill, with King William Street' (1838 sketch with description); Carricatures of Rugby Football 1st Fifteen, 1929 (H S Clarke); 'The Sports Club Dinner' (1929, photos).
Includes articles on: research by John Troughton into Arms of the Governors; 'A Foundation Stone of the Bank' - the first Bank buildings; Branch Notes; the centenary of Hull Branch (illustrated); 'Bank Life a Century Ago' - extracts from the diary of Samuel Harrison; article of Prague by J C Hubbard (illustrated);
'Wonders of the New Bank' - article on Bank of England in an Australian publication.
Retirements: H K N Thurston (Agent, Birmingham Branch - entered Service 14 Jan 1904, pensioned 1 Nov 1928); A E Gimingham (Assistant Principal, In-Tellers Office - entered Service 14 May 1891, pensioned 9 Nov 1928); Miss E A Padfield (Assistand to Superintendent and 1st Grade Typist - entered Service 10 Apr 1897, pensioned 10 Dec 1928); J M Troughton (Sub-Cashier - entered Service 13 Dec 1883, pensioned 13 Dec 1928); Charles E Vickers (Superintendent, Power of Attorney Office - entered Service 17 Dec 1885, pensioned 18 Dec 1928); C C G Stewart (1st-Class Clerk, Bill Office - entered Service 9 Jun 1887, pensioned 1 Jan 1929); Miss M E Caiger (Woman Clerk - entered Service 6 Oct 1916, pensioned 13 Jan 1929); H A Eliot (1st-Class Clerk, Accountant's Bank Note Office - entered Service 19 Jun 1884, pensioned 28 Jan 1929); Mrs I S Lovelock (Auxiliary Woman Clerk and Acting Assistant to Librarian, Widow of H W Lovelock, former 3rd-Class Clerk in the Consols Office who was killed in action 28 Sep 1918 - entered service 3 Feb 1919 and left 4 Feb 1929);
Obituaries with article: Guy Elton (4th-Class Clerk, Cashiers Office - entered the Service 16 Oct 1922, died 31 Dec 1928); Augustus James (Deputy Principal, Consols Office - entered Service 31 July 1884, died 25 Jan 1929); John H Sheppy (Pensioner, formerly Principal of the Dividend Office - entered Service 28 Feb 1861, pensioned 23 Aug 1906, died 31 Jan 1929);
Other obituaries: G F Young (Senior Clerk, Plymouth Branch - entered Service 17 Nov 1898, died 1 Nov 1928); C W Worger (Auxiliary Clerk - entered Service 31 Dec 1917, died 11 Dec 1928); R P Newham (Pensioner, formerly Chief Clerk, Branch Banks Office - entered Service 15 Dec 1881, pensioned 11 Nov 1926, died 29 Dec 1928); Arthur Gregory (Pensioner, formerly 2nd-Class Clerk at Bristol Branch - entered Service 19 Jun 1884, pensioned 18 Aug 1921, died 15 Jan 1929); C F Cumberledge (Pensioner, formerly 1st-Class Clerk at Newcastle Branch - entered Service 23 Mar 1871, pensioned 15 Jun 1911, died 12 Feb 1929). |