NW	NE	COTTERIDGE	14	43rd
SW	SE	1846 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 3AS 021-458 1569	CE	1931

The reduction in the area of land from 600- to 514-square yards still provided ample land for the Bank's requirements, but did not allow for the erection of another building on the site as originally planned. The newly built branch was formally opened on June 27th  1931, by the Lady Mayoress (Mrs W W Saunders). On the same date, Kings Norton branch was closed and the business transferred to Cotteridge.

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The newly completed branch in 1931 

By 1906, housing was beginning to be built south along the Pershore Road from Stirchley towards an area known as 'The Cotteridge'. At the junction of the Pershore Road (A441), Pershore Road South, Middleton Hall Road (B4121), and Watford Road (A4040), a shopping centre for the area was established - close to Kings Norton railway station, which had opened in 1849.

 

The Bank Committee discussed at length what provision should be made for branches in the Selly Park, Stirchley, Cotteridge, Kings Norton area - eventually deciding on permanent branches in the first three of these locations.

 

On January 14th 1930, the City Council sanctioned the Bank's purchase of 600 square yards of land fronting onto Pershore Road, Cotteridge. However, when the Town Clerk examined the deeds of the property it was discovered that a strip of land consisting of 86 square yards did not belong to the vendors: the Cotteridge Social Club. In fact, the strip of land belonged to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The Bank continued with the purchase of the 514 square yards that the Social Club owned, with the price being reduced proportionately at the originally agreed price at 22s 6d per square yard.