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Caption For Mill Hill, The Broadway C1965

The shop front of W H Smith & Son is well-designed, and Barclay's Bank used a reticent, yet confident, typescript on their fascias.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place 1932

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Caption For Hampton, High Street C1950

Barclays Bank on the left was built in 1908.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Wesleyan Chapel 1896

Until Barclays Bank was built in 1904, the Methodist church had the only public clock in the village.

Caption For Ashtead, The Street C1955

Barclays Bank is now a restaurant and take-away, while the Westminster Bank on the right is offices.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

Barclays Bank (next to Trott's) arrived in Daventry in the 1960s to replace Wood Bros, wine and spirit merchants.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Andover, High Street C1965

Tea could be had next door to Barclay's Bank or in the Copper Kettle across the road, by Holmes & Sons, printers of the Andover Advertiser.

Caption For Bushey, High Street C1955

On the left stands Barclays Bank.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road C1960

Barclays Bank on the right is now Alldays convenience store, and the distant view is now dominated by tall 1990s offices, Dukes Court.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Caption For Bedford, High Street 1929

Barclays lies beyond, also in the stone-faced dignified classical dress beloved of 1920s bankers.

Caption For Watford, High Street C1955

Opposite is Cawdells' department store with its imposing 1930s frontage; demonstrating the commercial success and wealth of Watford are branches of the National Provincial, Barclays and Lloyds Banks.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1960

The smaller Barclays Bank, seen here on the right, is still next to Lloyds, but has gone round the comer out of sight.

Caption For Lindfield, Post Office Corner C1955

The chequered brick and weather boarded cottage (right) is Barclays Bank; it opened in 1910 in what was then the front room of a cottage.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Buttermarket C1955

At the far end is Abbeygate Street, with the three-storey Barclays Bank of 1881, which incorporated the Post and Sorting Office until 1895, the Midland Bank of 1914, and Whipps the fishmonger.

Caption For Louth, Eastgate C1955

Barclay's Bank is still at 64 Eastgate (extreme right).