69:. In 1851 seven more branches were established in the suburbs. However, one was closed after three months; three more in 1856 and the remaining four closed in 1857. Montgomery had died in 1854 and a new Actuary was appointed. The new Actuary also liberalised the opening hours at the head office, introducing daily opening, probably appropriate as depositors were now in excess of 12,000 and total funds of ÂŁ285,000. In 1857 a resolution was passed to erect a new building in Norfolk Street, which was opened in 1860. By the mid-1870s, there were over 25,000 depositors. An approach from Chesterfield residents for a new branch was resisted but an investment department offering better returns was started in 1877. By 1898, funds had reached ÂŁ1.4m. and the management once again agreed to the re-establishment of branches, albeit on a modest basis. One at
61:, a journalist and poet, was credited with being the “chief begetter” of the Bank. He was one of the original twenty convenors and a modest contributor to the starting funds. When the Bank established a Management Committee in 1824, it was he who was chairman and, became, in effect, the Chairman of the Bank from 1824 to his death in 1854. With the imminent demolition of the Cutlers’ Hall, new accommodation was needed; a new building on Eyre Street was developed. opening in 1832. The Bank then had over 2,600 depositors with total funds of £89,000, compared with 265 and £4,000 at the end of its first year. By 1843, the Bank had some 6,000 depositors but it then faced a setback with the collapse of Parker, Shore & Co the bank that held the funds of the Savings Bank. The initial cost was £2,600 although eventually it was all recovered.
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Burngreave Road in 1911. As well as extra funds from these four branches there were also close ties with local penny banks. In 1918 the Bank had 219 accounts carried out by teachers under the Sheffield Education Committee; these in turn had 40,000 depositors
50:, a Town Trustee, a banker and sundry manufacturers. Hugh Parker, a magistrate and banker was in the chair and it was duly resolved to establish the Sheffield and Hallamshire Bank for Savings (later shortened). A subscription list was opened for “starting funds “and it raised £175, led by the
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