WEBSITE UPDATES: 2021
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Date
2021
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Subject
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Details
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Nov 17
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STAFF ASSOCIATION - SPORTS & SOCIAL
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Nov 13
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Plans drawn up in 1948 for a branch
that never came to be built.
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Oct 15
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Plans drawn up in 1946 for a temporary
branch at Maypole,
with provision for a later permanent branch on the same site.
A different design was used when a
permanent building was constructed in 1966
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Oct 3
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IMAGES
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IMAGE-153: Broad Street - an update,
2021
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Sep 22
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MEMORIES
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MEMORY-090: BMB Memoirs 1967-1976 by Graham M Bowden
MEMORY-091:
A Granddaughter's Memories by Sally Cherry
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Aug 22
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Birchfield Branch staff in
the mid-1960s
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Aug 8
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Example of a No 2 Department passbook issued at Ladywood
branch,
with transactions covering the period from November 1961 to April 1970
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June 8
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- Solicitor's letter to Depositor;
- Offer of Mortgage (Form MB 217);
- List of Bank's Branches (Form MB 173)
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June 7
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May 12
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Apr 28
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Extractions
from the Minutes of the Bank Committee and its Sub-Committees relating to the
following branches, and covering the periods specified:
- Sutton
Coldfield (July 1924 - January 1938)
- Quinton (January 1922 - October 1937)
- Kingstanding (October
1928 - December 1937)
- Solihull (April 1933 - June 1938)
- Newtown Row (October 1929 - February
1939)
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Mar 28
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Addition of details regarding two branches that never
came to fruition:
Tyseley
Salford Bridge
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Mar 18
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In 1938, the 'Birmingham Gazette' produced a 'Centenary Celebration Supplement' recording
100 years
since the City received its Charter of Incorporation. That Supplement included an
article by the Bank's Chairman: Harrison Barrow:
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Mar 17
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Extractions from the Minutes of the
Bank Committee and its Sub-Committees relating to the
following branches, and covering the periods specified:
- Pype Hayes (June
1925 - October 1935)
- Yardley (March 1925 - May 1939)
- Brandwood (June 1926 - May 1937)
- Longbridge (July 1920 -
June 1935)
- Brookvale (December 1925 - October 1938)
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Feb 27
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Just Getting On With It by
Michael Bourke
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Feb 26
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The Operation of the House Purchase Department:
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Feb 26
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Feb 17
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The World Is What It Is by David Parkes
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Jan 10
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Addition of two articles in the Staff Magazine, written by a depositor:
Magazine-100: Travellers' Tales
Magazine-101: Bunkers Away
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Jan 10
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Addition of further articles and reports from editions
of the Staff Magazine:
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Jan 7
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Addition
of further articles and reports from editions of the Staff Magazine:
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Jan
6
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My Nineteen Year Banking Career by Barry Hicks
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Jan 4
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Branches
(and Branch Managers) I have known by Keith Boden
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Jan 2
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STAFF ASSOCIATION:
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Jan 2
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Addition
of further articles and reports from editions of the Staff Magazine CONTACT:
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ADDITIONS & AMENDMENTS: January 2nd to November 17th 2021
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Date
2022
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Subject
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Details
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Nov 2
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STAFF
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The Employment of Married Women - the background to the Bank's
policy regarding
the employment of married women prior to the
Second World War
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Oct 30
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Replacement
of previous image and addition of a new image
The
Department's staff on an evening out in about 1970
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Oct 25
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A No 1 Department
Passbook with transactions from 1931 to 1951
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Oct 7
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Additional examples of Savings Coupons
and Coupon Cards
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Oct 5
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Description of the scheme introduced by the Bank in 1920
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June
19
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The relationship of the Bank with the Inland Revenue Authorities including details of how
the
BMB, with the assistance of Neville Chamberlain, raised the reporting threshold regarding
depositors' interest from
£5 to £15. Includes details of the Head Office instruction to branches
regarding completion of the '£15 return' to the Inland
Revenue
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June 1
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MEMORIES
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May
4
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HOUSE PURCHASE DEPARTMENT
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First National Housing Trust - the history of a scheme to advance a loan to
a
builder in order to
facilitate the construction of the Pheasey housing estate
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Apr 26
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IMAGES
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Apr 26
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BRANCHES
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Addition of Images (Premises and
Staff):
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Apr 16
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SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT
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Addition
of Safe Deposit Leaflet illustrating safe dimensions, and rentals from 1958
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Apr 13
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Details of visits made to the Bank and attendances at conferences, etc
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Mar 12
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Funds that transferred their Savings Schemes to the BMB in the early days of the Bank
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Mar 4
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HOUSE
PURCHASE DEPT
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The History of Advances made to the Bournville Village Trust
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Jan 30
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STAFF ASSOCIATION
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Addition
of a copy of the Staff Association's Rules & Regulations issued in August 1970
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Jan 17
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Extractions
from the Minutes of the Bank Committee and its Sub-Committees relating to the
following branches, and covering the periods specified:
- Shirley (June
1933 - June 1939)
- Smethwick (November 1938 - October 1939)
- Halesowen (April 1939 - October
1939)
- Weoley Castle (February 1932 - October 1939)
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WEBSITE UPDATES: 2022
ADDITIONS & AMENDMENTS: January 17th to November 2nd 2022
