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Account Conditions Details of limitations on Deposits, Withdrawals, etc Advertising Early advertising methods Annual Balance (The) An overview of the procedures followed prior to computerisation Armed Raid on Billesley Branch How a branch manager won the George Medal for bravery Auditors' Report Fulfilling the Bank's Auditing Regulation Birmingham Corporation Housing Bonds An early use of the branch network on behalf of the City Treasurer Birmingham Hospitals Contributory Scheme Depositors using the Bank to pay their contributions The BMB during World War II The impact on the Bank of the Second World War BMB's Golden Jubilee How the BMB celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1969 Branch Account Ledger Photograph of a manual ledger of depositors' accounts Branch Tablets Examples of the Commemorative Tablets that recorded the opening of a permanent branch Britain's First Municipal Savings Bank Book by the BMB's first General Manager describing its inauguration and early years Campaign for Extended Powers for the BMB A 1960s leaflet that made some interesting proposals regarding the future of the Bank Cashiers' Metal Spike Example of the device used by cashiers to secure the slips relating to the current day's transactions Computerisation How the Bank computerised its accounting system in the 1970s Coupons Credit Transfers and Standing Orders Details of the Bank's handling of these Money Transmission services Decimalisation The impact of the 1971 decimalisation of the UK's currency Direct Transfer Scheme Savings by means of deductions from wages Home Safes The history of these popular saving devices Interest Calculations Methods used to calculate interest prior to computerisation Interest Rates Record of Interest Rates Paid and 'Bank Rate' Logo: Security with Interest How the Key Logo came into being National Savings Record of the Bank's sales of National Saving products Numbering of Accounts and Branch Sort Codes Details of the systems used for depositors' accounts; and for the identification of branches The Page Committee to Review National Savings The impact on the Bank of this 1973 report Passbooks - Depositors Department Passbooks - House Purchase Department Examples of passbooks for Savings and Mortgage Accounts Purchasing Power of the Pound (£) Annual Total Balances adjusted by 'Purchasing Power' to 1979 values Rubber Stamps Examples of some of the Rubber Stamps used by the Bank Savings Banks Institute The professional body for savings bankers S.A.Y.E. Details of this Contractual Savings Scheme School Savings Banks Description of the Scheme introduced in 1920 Statistics Data relating to the Bank's business volumes, etc Travellers' Cheques and Foreign Currency The facilities provided to customers travelling abroad Utility Accounts The history relating to the BMB's extensive facilities to handle Utility Accounts Utility Statistics Data relating to the handling of Water, Electricity, Gas, and Rates Utility Accounts Valuers Names of valuers used by the Bank to provide mortgage advance valuations Various Saving Schemes Extract from Britain's First Municipal Savings Bank regarding early schemes