Talk:Bank of Liverpool

Addition of history
As can be seen, I have added a new history section for the Bank of Liverpool - previously there were just a few lines of intro. I have taken it up to 1918, when the Bank acquired Martins Bank and became the Bank of Liverpool and Martins. There already is separate article on Martins which makes reference to the Bank of Liverpool but it is not well sourced and could be made more comprehensive.

I propose continuing the Bank of Liverpool history to 1928, when the name was shortened to Martins, and possibly beyond.

How should the overlap with the Martins Bank article be treated? The name change to Martins is really a red herring - it is the Liverpool entity which was dominant and provided the continuity until its acquisition by Barclays and therefore I suggest should be the main article. One solution would be to have Martins pre-1918 history as a self-contained article with the Bank of Liverpool article continuing up to 1969.

Bebington (talk) 13:27, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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The Banks historical connections to the African slave trade
I understand outside the Liverpool building there (was?) once a statue of two African boys fettered together, at the neck and ankles, holding a bag of money. Is it still there? Did much of the historical origination of wealth come from slave trafficking and related sugar cane and cotton trade? 67.212.106.84 (talk) 21:13, 21 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Those are panels on either side of the entrance: 'Main doorway flanked by identical relief sculpture panels, the flat, linear style is influenced by the Paris Exhibition of 1925. These depict Liverpool as Neptune, accompanied by African children carrying bags of money, with anchor and weighing-scales.[...] The relief sculptures at the entrance to 4 and 6 Water Street have provoked controversy in Liverpool since the late twentieth century. Some see them as dignifying, or accepting unquestioningly, the role of slavery in Liverpool's economy; whilst some see them as a more general celebration of the international aspect of Liverpool's trade and prosperity. Either way, the fact that the subject was chosen in 1927-32 is an indication of the extent to which Liverpool's former involvement with the slave trade has been embedded in its economic culture.' https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062580?section=official-list-entry Robert P Connolly (talk) 17:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Head offices
The head office of the Bank of Liverpool was at 7 Water St, the headquarters of Martins Bank was at 4 Water St: https://www.martinsbank.co.uk/11-444%20Liverpool%20City%20Office%207%20Water%20Street.htm The building now standing at 7 Water St was built in 1934: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062579?section=official-list-entry Robert P Connolly (talk) 14:35, 31 March 2023 (UTC)