Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank:
Report by J P Hilton - October 19th 1916
This report continues the theme of previous reports with its emphasis on the task of depositor recruitment by means of meetings of
employees, and problems relating to staffing, accommodation, and the provision of stationery. In these early days of the Bank, much
reliance was made on the use of seconded Corporation staff (particularly from the Treasurer's Department), and the co-operation of
the Water Department in the provision of accommodation. On the question of accommodation, the Sub-Committee that had reviewed
the subject had reported via the Chairman to the main Committee, and the following resolution was passed:
that a recommendation
be sent to the Water Committee asking whether arrangements could be made to concede to the Bank the whole of the Service Laying Department
Office in addition to the manager's room. This accommodation to be given up on three months' notice from the Water Committee, such
notice not to be served before the expiration of the war. Also the Committee record their appreciation of the courtesy with which
the Water Committee have met them and for the way in which they have assisted the Bank.
The Water Department vacated the premises
on October 31st 1916, and it is this
office that is shown in a photograph taken on the occasion of the transfer of accounts from the
Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank to the Birmingham Municipal Bank.