Bank Committee: June 19th 1933
The Chairman of the General Purposes Sub-Committee reported that the Chairman and the Chairmen
of the three Sub-Committees, with the General Manager and Mr Frank Wilde, had that morning visited certain sites in the Shirley district,
and after consideration, were of the opinion that one of the shops being erected near to the Saracen's Head Hotel, on the Stratford
Road, which could be secured at a rental of £90 per annum, plus rates and cost of internal repairs, would meet the position at the
present time, having regard to the uncertainty of the future development of this district. It was accordingly:
4790 RESOLVED:- That the General Manager be instructed to make arrangements to obtain a lease of the premises for a period of seven years,
at an annual rental of £90 per annum, plus rates and cost of internal repairs, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to enter into
any necessary documents, affixing the Corporate Seal thereto if required.
Bank Committee: July 17th 1933
4823 The following report of the General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Proposed Branch at Shirley.
Your Sub-Committee
report that the owner of shops in Stratford Road, Shirley (opposite the Saracen's Head Hotel) is not prepared to let a shop to the
Bank, and Mr Wilde has therefore been instructed to secure, if possible, one of the shops at the corner of School Road and Stratford
Road. It will accordingly be necessary for the instruction contained in Minute No 4790 to be rescinded.
4825 RESOLVED:-
That the instructions contained in Minute No 4790 relating to the lease of a shop at Shirley be rescinded.
In connection with
the negotiations for obtaining suitable premises at Shirley, the General Manager read a letter from Mr Wilde regarding shopping premises,
owned by Mr Sealy of "Coniston", School Road, Shirley. The owner was willing to lease the property for a period not exceeding seven
years at a rental of £75 per annum, plus rates.
4830 RESOLVED:- That arrangements be made for obtaining a lease of
the shop in question, on the terms above mentioned and that the Town Clerk be instructed to enter into any necessary agreement, affixing
the Corporate Seal thereto.
Bank Committee: September 13th 1933
The Committee were informed that the Town Clerk had completed
the agreement for the lease of premises at Shirley and that the Lessor had paid the agreed sum of £10 towards the cost of decorations
to the premises. The General Manager stated that most of the furniture and equipment could be found out of stock. The question of
hours of business for this Branch was raised by the General Manager, and it was:
4904 RESOLVED:- That the General
Manager consult the Clerk to the Solihull District Council as to the most convenient days of opening for the proposed Shirley Branch
on the assumption that there would ultimately be a branch in Solihull and that the same staff would work the two branches.
Bank
Committee: October 16th 1933
4923 The following report of the General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Proposed
Branch at Shirley.
The General Manager communicated with the Clerk to the Solihull Urban District Council intimating the intention
of the Bank to open this branch on three days per week, and asking for his views as to the best days for such opening, having regard
to the future requirements of the Solihull Branch proposed to be established when suitable premises are secured. The Clerk had replied
that the most convenient days for opening the Shirley Branch would be Thursday, Friday and Saturday in each week.
Your Sub-Committee
have accordingly instructed the General Manager to take the necessary steps for opening the Branch in the near future on these days
and to confer with the Clerk to the Solihull Urban District Council regarding the arrangements for the opening ceremony.
4924 RESOLVED:- That the proposed arrangements indicated in the foregoing report for the opening of the Shirley Branch be approved.
General
Purposes Sub-Committee: December 18th 1933
Branches in Area of Solihull UDC.
Your Sub-Committee are of opinion that it would
be desirable to rent suitable premises in the centre of Solihull with the object of opening a branch there early in the New Year,
if possible simultaneously with the opening of the premises secured for the purpose of a branch at Shirley.
The General Manager
has been instructed to cause further enquiries to be made for premises at Solihull accordingly and also to consult with the Chairman
and Clerk to the Solihull Urban District Council regarding an official ceremony for the opening of the branch at Shirley.
The
General Manager stated that he was not altogether satisfied that the days fixed for the opening of the Shirley Branch would be the
most suitable for the district, and it was accordingly:
4984 RESOLVED:- That the Chairman and Alderman Barrow with
the General Manager be requested to consider the matter and if thought desirable to interview the representatives of the Shirley district
with a view to fixing the most convenient days and hours of business for both Shirley Branch and the prospective Solihull Branch.
Finance
Sub-Committee: March 19th 1934
Letting of Flat.
The following arrangement has been made for the letting of the flat at Shirley
branch:
To let this flat to Mr W R Campbell for a period of one year at a rental of £30 per annum, less an allowance of 3/- per
week in respect of the use of kitchen and domestic accommodation by the staff. The tenant to be responsible for rates and internal
repairs.
Report of the Town Clerk: April 10th 1934
The Agreement for Tenancy with Mr W R Campbell of the flat at Shirley
for one year certain from the 25th March and thereafter quarterly, at a rent of £30 pa, has been completed. The Agreement provides
for facilities for meals for the Bank Staff, on payment by the Corporation to the tenant of 3/- per week.
Finance & General
Purposes Sub-Committee: October 21st 1935
Your Sub-Committee report that the following arrangement has been made for the tenancy
of the Shirley flat:
Miss M Capell: £30 - the tenancy to be for one year certain and subsequently determinable by one quarter's notice, expiring on any of the quarter days except Christmas, the tenant to be responsible for rates and internal repairs.
Bank
Committee: November 12th 1937
The General Manager submitted a plan of land available for sale at Shirley and it was:
6078 RESOLVED:- That the General Manager be directed to authorise Mr Frank Wilde to make further enquiries with regard thereto.
6165 The following report of the Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Premises at Shirley.
The attention of your Sub-Committee has been drawn to a vacant shop in Stratford Road, known as Crown
Buildings, which is advertised to rent at £150 per annum, plus rates. The shop has a frontage of 20 feet and a depth of 40 feet.
The
present premises at Shirley are on lease expiring in June 1940 and comprise a shop with a frontage of 21' 6" and a depth of 13 feet,
the rental being £75 per annum plus rates. Your Sub-Committee discussed the question of the most suitable site for a permanent branch,
and came to the conclusion that whilst the shop in question is situate in the shopping centre of Shirley at the moment, it is possible
in view of housing developments on the south side, that the ultimate shopping centre would be further away from Birmingham. It was
felt that further enquiries should be made in the matter and the General Manager was directed accordingly.
6170 RESOLVED:-
That the action taken in causing further enquiries to be made for a suitable site or premises at Shirley for branch bank purposes,
as indicated in a foregoing report, be confirmed, and that the Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee be empowered to arrange
a lease of suitable premises should they consider it desirable.
Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee: May 16th 1938
Branches
at Solihull and Shirley.
Arrangements have been made for opening the new Solihull Branch Bank premises on the 20th July next.
The new premises will open 6 days each week, and it is, therefore, proposed as from the same date to extend the opening of the present
Shirley Branch Bank premises to 6 days per week, so as to afford uniform facilities at both Branches.
Your Sub-Committee recommend
that instructions be given accordingly.
Bank Committee: June 20th 1938
6250 The following report of the Finance
and General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Sites or premises at Shirley.
Your Sub-Committee have considered the
result of enquiries made with regard to various sites in the Shirley area and have given the following instructions to the General
Manager in the matter:
(1) That as regards land adjoining No 135 Stratford Road, owned by Mr Wheeler, the proposed purchase be
not entertained.
(2) That negotiations be continued with the Warwickshire County Council with a view to the purchase of land
fronting Stratford Road now used as a depot; and that providing suitable terms can be mutually agreed such purchase be arranged with
the object of a new building being erected on the land to take the place of the present branch, which is conducted in rented premises.
(3)
That in the event of the land referred to in No 2 above not being obtainable, steps be taken to acquire one of the houses now being
erected in Stratford Road, Shirley, belonging to Mr Tay.
(4) That Mr Frank Wilde be authorised to continue negotiations for the
purchase of land at the corner of Stratford Road and Blackford Lane, Shirley, with a view to its possible future use as an additional
Branch for Shirley, and that if suitable terms can be mutually agreed the purchase of such land be undertaken.
Your Sub-Committee
recommend that the instructions above mentioned be confirmed.
6252 RESOLVED:- That the instructions given by the Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committee with regard to the sites at Shirley as indicated in the foregoing report be confirmed.
Bank
Committee: July 25th 1938
6268 The following report of the Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Sites at Shirley.
Your Sub-Committee report that the negotiations in respect of the site in Stratford Road at present used
as a depot by the Warwickshire County Council are proceeding, and the matter is now before the Roads Sub-Committee of that authority.
With
regard to the site at the corner of Stratford Road and Blackford Lane, having a total area of 2,783 square yards, the owner, Mr Archer,
requires a sum of £1,600, which works out at 11/6 per square yard. According to a plan showing the construction of a new service road
and the improvement lines affecting the site, it appears that after these requirements are provided for there would remain for development
an area of approximately 867 square yards, sufficient for the erection of a bank and two shops, and for this ultimate net area, the
price of £1,600 above referred to would represent approximately £1. 16. 11. per square yard.
Your Sub-Committee are of opinion
that the site in question is very favourable for future bank purposes, having regard to the development already taking place and contemplated,
and that it would be wise to secure the site and hold it until the time is ripe for making further Bank provision. They, therefore,
recommend your Committee to authorise the purchase of the site at a price not exceeding £1,600, subject to the sanction of the Council,
and to vacant possession being given on completion of the two cottages now on the land, which are let at 15/- and 12/6 per week respectively.
6270 RESOLVED:- That authority be given for the purchase of the site at the corner of Stratford Road and Blackford Lane, Shirley, as indicated in the foregoing report, at a sum of not exceeding £1,600, subject to the sanction of the City Council and on the understanding that on completion vacant possession is given of the two cottages now on the land; also that subject thereto the Town Clerk be authorised to prepare any necessary document, affixing the Corporate Seal thereto.