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Originally Posted by cashman
The midland was yon were HSBC is in the late 60s, thats certain cos its when i joined em, HSBC took em oer cant remember when.  |
Looking at Google street view today. Never knew it as the HSBC bank, but you are spot on Cashy, it was the Midland Bank. My mortgage was through the Abbey National Building Society and i used to pay it at the Midland. Next door was a very exclusive mens shop called Smith and Rawson, do you remember?. If you wanted to buy anything there, you had to go in the bank first and take out a loan. From memory, and i stand to be corrected, next door, or next door but one to Smith and Rawson, was the cheap as chips utility furniture shop Cavendish. Maybe those two shops are long gone.