BANKING in Winslow celebrated its 150th birthday in 1994.
And to mark the anniversary, staff at the Market Square Lloyds Bank branch organised a display and opened their doors on Saturday, May 28 as part of the town's Historic Weekend.
The building housing Lloyds Bank was built in 1891 and stood on the site of the old post office.
Banking was introduced to the town in 1844 by Bartlett and Nelson from Buckingham.
It became a branch of the Bucks and Oxon Union Bank and the building still displayed its motifs despite the company going into liquidation in 1902 when Lloyds took over the reins.
Also in 1994:
- ...BUCKINGHAM is losing two more established shops from the town centre – Margaret Taylor's thriving wool shop and haberdashery shop in Bridge Street is going at the end of April and Buckingham News in Market Square is also closing.
- ...BUCKINGHAM Community Centre was jam packed on Saturday as 2,000 people attended the town's first-ever community fair.
- ...AS the days draw nearer for the closure of the US air base at Upper Heyford, Banbury Museum is hosting a US air force Drawdown exhibition.
100 Years Ago
- THE committeee of the ox-roasting festival at Buckingham, last Michaelmas Pleasure Fair, have had mounted the pair of horns of the fat beast given by Mr N Coates, jun. of Hillesden, and presented them to him. The trophy has been on exhibit during the week in the bar of the Grand Junction.
- THE Medical Officer of Health reported a case of diphtheria at Lillingstone Lovell, and stated that the boy, a few days before he developed the disease, fell into the brook, into which is discharged the sewage of 17 or 18 cottages!
50 Years Ago
- IT would seem that the new Post Office telephone system is having "teething troubles". Many local subscribers both business and private have mentioned that they are not only receiving a considerable proportion of "wrong numbers" on incoming calls, but also when they dial numbers for outgoing calls they also find they do not get the correct subscriber.
- SHOULD the Parochial Church Council buy the old National Infants' School in School Lane for a price of £1,000, or should they rent it on a 21-years repairing lease at £50 per annum? This was the question which aroused a considerable amount of discussion at the Buckingham Parochial Church Council annual meeting.
25 Years Ago
- A SUGGESTION has been made that the former Richmond Road School Rooms in Towcester might be used for a new town library and museum. The idea has been put forward by Towcester Local History Society Secretary Mrs Margaret Nicholas.
- SPONNE School Towcester returned unbeaten from their three-week rugby tour of Canada on Sunday, winning all their six matches with a points record of 118 for and 34 against.
- THE beautiful and unique hand-sewn patchwork quilt, made by 12 Turweston ladies in aid of the St Mary's Church, Turweston, Restoration Fund, raised an amazing £746 at a draw held in Turweston Village Hall.
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