HISTORY

The main sections of the website relating to the Bank's history are as follows: Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank The history of the BMB's predecessor: September 18th 1916 to October 31st 1919 History of the Birmingham Municipal Bank September 1st 1919 to November 20th 1979 The First Day: September 1st 1919 Branch Daily Cash Return figures for Deposits and Repayments The Bank in 1920 The Bank's progress in its first trading period: September 1st 1919 to March 31st 1920, and its progress in the following periods: The Bank in 1927 The Bank in 1939 The Bank in 1949 The Bank in 1959 The Bank in 1969 The Bank in 1979 Britain's First Municipal Savings Bank The Romance of a Great Achievement - book by the Bank's first General Manager: J P Hilton The History of the House Purchase Department The establishment and early development of this aspect of the Bank Extension of Municipal Banking The demand for Municipal Banks in other towns, and for branches of the BMB in areas adjoining Birmingham Committee on Municipal Savings Banks A Committee appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to investigate the extension of Municipal Banking (1926) Branch Openings by Year Year-by-Year summary of number of branches The Page Committee to Review National Savings The impact on the Bank of this 1973 report Whatever Happened to the Municipal Bank From Birmingham Municipal Trustee Savings Bank at November 20th 1979, to eventually become part of the Lloyds TSB Group