Caption For Huddersfield, New Street 2005
Established in 1827, the Huddersfield Banking
Company was only the second joint stock bank
in the country, created under an Act to prevent
a recurrence of the banking crisis of the
previous year
Caption For Reading, River And Promenade C1955
This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the
Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank
in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.
Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890
To the right is the grandiose Italianate bank of 1883 by the
noted architect John Gibson, now the Natwest Bank; its fine banking hall has
recently been very well restored.