A circular dated October 8th 1964 informed branches that Bookmarks are available as a publicity medium, and refers to their use at a prior date.

 

An example (damaged) of this Bookmark is reproduced below. It appears that the top section of the Bookmark is designed to enable it to be clipped to an individual page of a book.

 

(Bookmark preserved by Roger Parker)

This example of a BMB Bookmark (above - front and back) advertised the Bank's house purchase facility, and was probably issued in the late 1930s.

 

The bookmark declares that the Bank makes 'Liberal Advances' but the BMB was always very cautious regarding the amount it would advance as a proportion of purchase price or valuation of individual properties.

A small (100x 65 mm) Diary of 28 pages (right) included:

 

 - the names of the Bank's Committee

    of Management;

 - the names of the Bank's Principal Officers;

 - the Bank's Objects

     ("To provide facilities for the safe custody of

         deposits, and to pay interest thereon. To

       advance money for the purchase of

       freehold and leasehold houses within the

       City");

 - a list of branch offices;

 - hours of business;

 - facts relating to the City of Birmingham;

 - postal information 

 

as well as two pages for each month of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 1943 Calendar Card (left) included a wartime savings slogan

Examples of Calendar Cards distributed as an advertising medium, in other years: 

1925

1921

1923

1924

1926 - illustrating the new Head Office

1927

1928

1942

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1965

1966

1971 - the year the UK's

currency went Decimal

1972

1976

1977 - the Bank is now a

Trustee Savings Bank

1978

The example of a BMB Bookmark reproduced above (size 155 x 50mm) appears to have been issued in 1927. The reverse advertised the City's Libraries.