When the Bank commenced on September 1st 1919, only six offices (Head Office; Aston; Handsworth; Lozells; Small Heath; and Sparkbrook) were open to depositors on a full-time basis.

 

At the end of the first trading period (to March 31st 1920), the Bank had twenty offices, of which eleven were open on a part-time basis.

 

During the period  that the Bank existed (to November 20th 1979), offices were opened in 83 locations - of these, 46 were initially opened on a part-time basis.

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Part-time opening was either conducted on certain days only or was restricted to late night hours on certain evenings only - these latter offices were known as ‘Evening Branches’, and were a preferred method of testing a particular location for levels of demand for the Bank’s services.

 

Passbooks issued to depositors at Evening Branches had the special Hours of Business printed on the inside front cover - as shown by the example for Alum Rock branch (right). When the branch was converted to a full-time basis, a sticker was used to cover the out-of-date opening hours.

 

The following table illustrates the outcome for locations initially opened on a part-time basis. The table indicates whether a branch was initially opened Part Time (PT) or as an Evening Branch (EB), although that initial designation may have changed shortly afterwards. Details of days and hours of business are given in individual branch pages.

 

		Date Opened Part Time	PT = Part Time  EB = Evening Branch
1	Acocks Green	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from June 27th 1925
2	Alum Rock	April 30th 1927	EB	Full Time from August 11th 1928
3	Balsall Heath	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from May 1st 1920
4	Bartley Green	[1] May 2nd 1921  [2] 1966	EB PT	[1] Closed: March 1925  [2] Full Time from 1969
5	Bearwood	November 3rd 1919	EB	Full Time from September 1st 1921
6	Billesley	April 30th 1927	EB	Full Time from July 5th 1930  (see NOTE below)
7	Brookvale	June 26th 1926	EB	Full Time from October 5th 1935  (see NOTE below)
8	Duddeston	September 1st 1919	PT	Full Time from November 1st 1920
9	Erdington	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from September 1st 1921
10	Farcroft	July 2nd 1923	EB	Full Time from October 15th 1927
11	Harborne	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from February 2nd 1924
12	Hay Mills	[1] September 1st 1919    [2] August 8th 1921	EB   PT	[1] Full Time from October 22nd 1920                to August 7th 1921  [2] Full Time from March 21st 1925  (see NOTE below)
13	Heybarnes	Opened as a Full Time branch:         April 27th 1929   Part Time from circa 1941  (see NOTE below)		Closed: September 4th 1948        by transfer to Yardley
14	Kings Heath	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from April 24th 1922
15	Kings Norton	January 2nd 1925	EB	Closed: June 27th 1931        by transfer to Cotteridge
16	Kingstanding	January 1st 1924	EB	Full Time from October 23rd 1937
17	Kitts Green	April 1st 1940	PT	Full Time from January 1st 1946  (see NOTE below)
18	Ladywood	September 1st 1919	PT	Full Time from November 3rd 1919
19	Little Bromwich	September 4th 1926	EB	Full Time from June 8th 1929  (see NOTE below)
20	Longbridge	[1] August 20th 1920  [2] November 8th 1924	EB PT	[1] Closed: June 10th 1921  [2] Closed: July 25th 1931  [3] Full Time from September 7th 1935        (see Rednal & Rubery - below)
21	Newtown Row	[1] February 8th 1930  [2] Part Time from circa 1941  (see NOTE below)	EB PT	[1] Full Time from January 13th 1939  [2] Closed: 1971
22	Northfield	[1] September 1st 1919  [2] Daily opening from May 1st 1926	EB PT	[1] Daily opening from May 1st 1926  [2] Hours combined with three sub-branches:        Rednal        Rubery        Longbridge  [3] Full Time from July 31st 1931
23	Perry Beeches	March 5th 1943	EB	Full Time from 1966
24	Perry Common	December 4th 1926	EB	Full Time from July 4th 1931
25	Pheasey	February 20th 1943	Initially Saturdays 14:00 to 15:30	Closed: February 26th 1959       by transfer to Kingstanding
26	Pype Hayes	March 12th 1927	EB	Full Time from May 28th 1932
27	Quinton	February 6th 1922	EB	Full Time from September 20th 1937  (see NOTE below)
28	Rednal	May 3rd 1926	PT	Closed: August 27th 1928       by amalgamation with Rubery
29	Rednal & Rubery	August 27th 1928	PT	Closed: September 7th 1935       by transfer to Longbridge
30	Rotton Park	September 1st 1919	EB	Full Time from July 1920
31	Rubery	[1] February 6th 1925	EB	[1] Closed: August 27th 1928       by amalgamation with Rednal  [2] Full Time from September 7th 1935
32	Saltley	September 2nd 1919	PT	Full Time from November 1st 1920
33	Selly Oak	September 1st 1919	ET	Full Time from February 10th 1923
34	Shirley	February 14th 1934	PT	Full Time from July 20th 1938
35	Solihull	April 28th 1934	PT	Full Time from July 20th 1938
36	Stechford	September 20th 1921	EB	Full Time from November 8th 1930
37	Stirchley	December 5th 1919	EB	Full Time from October 29th 1923
38	Summer Lane	April 25th 1924	EB	Closed: February 10th 1930        by transfer to Newtown Row
39	Tower Hill	February 14th 1938	EB	Full Time from 1940  (see NOTE below)
40	Ward End	May 2nd 1921	EB	Full Time from April 10th 1926
41	Wells Green	January 3rd 1938	EB	Full Time from 1942  (see NOTE below)
42	Weoley Castle	January 3rd 1936	EB	Full Time from circa 1942  (see NOTE below)
43	West Heath	1966	PT	Full Time from 1970
44	Wheeler Street	January 18th 1930	EB	Full Time from May 9th 1931  (see NOTE below)
45	Witton	November 15th 1924	EB	Full Time from September 3rd 1927
46	Yardley	July 5th 1930	EB	Full Time from May 12th 1933

 

NOTE: During the Second World War, a number of branches that had previously worked Full Time, were opened on a part-time basis.

             See Combination of Branches