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The Lord Mayor opens the Municipal Bank, Kingstanding, 1937

23 October 1937 · Kingstanding Road

Inside the new bank, men in overcoats and women in hats stand round the Lord Mayor, who wears his chain of office; a commemorative plaque is on the wall and pendant lamps hang from the ceiling. — Photo: David Parkes. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

The official opening of the branch: 23 October 1937.

The Kingstanding Road branch of the Birmingham Municipal Bank was formally opened on 23 October 1937 by the Lord Mayor, Alderman H Roberts, according to David Parkes’s history of the bank quoted on Voices of Kingstanding. The branch had begun in 1932 as a part-time evening branch in temporary accommodation.

About this place: Birmingham Municipal Bank, Kingstanding

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