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December 14th
 
 
 
 BRANCH STAFFING - NOVEMBER 1919 -

                the level of staffing at the various branches, with an estimate of the annual cost.

 
December 13th
 
 
 
 VISITATION OF BRANCHES - Report regarding state of premises in 1921
 
December 13th
 
 ISSUE OF CHEQUES - Visit to the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society
                                     in 1921 to investigate a system of issuing depositors
                                     with Cheque Books
 
October 21st
 
 
 
 The monthly payslips of a Cashier,reaching the age of 23 in 1956
 
October 20th
 
 CURRENT ACCOUNTS
 
 
 Cheque Account Leaflet that explains how to complete cheques, etc
 
October 20th
 
 MEMORIES
 
 
 Memory - 097:  "Rubery Relocated" by Gilbert Sherborne
 
October 18th
 
 
 
 The First Advances:  details of the advances made in the period from
                                         September 1st 1919 to March 31st 1920
 
October 12th
 
 STAFF ASSOCIATION
 
 
August 24th
 
 
 
July 28th
 
 
 
July 24th
 
 
 
 Addition of missing Transactions data for 1926
 
July 6th
 
 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
 
 
June 29th
 
 
 
 Addition of Branch Statistics for the years 1940 to 1943 (inclusive) for:
    Deposit Balances
    Number of Open Accounts
    Number of Annual Transactions
 
June 20th
 
 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
 
 
May 28th
 
 
 
 Reports made to the Bank's Committee and Sub-Committees on a variety of subjects
 
May 17th
 
 
 
 Article regarding the history of the BMB written by Eric Howlett,
  the Bank's Chief Accountant for the Savings Banks Institute Journal in 1961
 
May 17th
 
 
 
 West Midlands TSB Branch Mid-Week School
    Attingham Park, February 1961
 
May 17th
 
 
 
 Addition of a photograph showing the Police Station on the site purchased
   by the Bank in order to construct Nechells branch
 
May 17th
 
 BRANCH STATISTICS
 
 
 HARBORNE BRANCH: completion of statistics for Open Accounts
                                              and Transactions for the period 1920 to 1929
 
May 4th
 
 
 
 Addition of 1944 statistics for each Branch:
       - number of Open Accounts;
       - number of Annual Transactions                                  
 
April 12th
 
 
 
 
 Reports of the General Manager and
        the Bank's Auditors regarding a defalcation in 1939
                                  
 
April 9th
 
 MEMORIES
 
 
                                          by Derek Horner
                                  
 
March 29th
 
 
 
  Background to the decision made in 1925 to limit Home Safe transactions
  to be dealt with at Daily Branches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
  and Fridays only                                    
 
March 26th
 
 IMAGES
 
 
  Image-160: Witton Branch - early 1970s                                      
 
February 24th
 
 MEMORIES
 
 
                                         by Ian Galloway
 
January 4th
 
 HOUSE PURCHASE DEPT.
 
 
 Addition of an extract from the Minutes of the House Purchase Sub-Committee
 of February 11th 1935 that recommended a reduction in the interest rate charged
 on Mortgages from 5% to 4½%
  
 
January 3rd
 
 MEMORIES
 
 
 
January 1st
 
 HOUSE PURCHASE DEPT. 
 
 
 Minutes of House Purchase Sub-Committee for December 12th 1932
 and January 9th 1933 during which routine matters discussed including
 approving new advances and assessing loans in arrear