This website records the history of the
Birmingham Municipal Bank (BMB).
The BMB was created in the aftermath of the
First World
War as a savings bank
for the citizens of Birmingham.
It was set up as a department of the City of Birmingham Corporation on September
1st 1919.
The Bank's status changed when it became a Trustee Savings Bank (TSB) in 1976, before amalgamating with the TSB of
the Midlands to become part of the TSB of Birmingham and the Midlands on November 20th 1979.
For the purpose of this website,
the
history of the BMB runs from
September 1st 1919 to November 20th 1979.