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by diggingdeeper - 20th Oct 2026 11:26am
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To my mind it is the old Bank Building at the Toll Bar - was it Martins?
It is now occupied by Becky's Unique Sewing Boutique at least on the ground floor.
Anyone know what teh upper floors are used for? Flats? Offices|?
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Don't know if it was ever Martins Bank, in 1911 it was Parrs Bank and 1938, Westminster Bank. It appears Westminster took over Parrs Bank. Yes, a fine building.
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Planning docs are impossible to search through but 2 Bebington Road, 80 New Chester Road and 78 New Chester Road (red brick building) are all joined from the days of Shillings Bar, the second storey did have a flat whose entrance I presume is 2 Bebington Road and still appears to be in use. https://online.wirral.gov.uk/planning/index.html using postcode CH62 5AD
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I don't recall seeing lights on at night there which is a good indication of occupancy. Although I notice the building as I drive past I don't actively look for lights but I think I would notice them.
I'd always assumed that 2 Bebington road was part of tenh Bank. It was obviously built at the same time and in the same style.
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1938/39, 80 New Chester Rd was Westminster Bank and 2 Bedford Road was occupied by Henry Lightfoot and family, Branch Bank Manager.
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1938/39, 80 New Chester Rd was Westminster Bank and 2 Bedford Road was occupied by Henry Lightfoot and family, Branch Bank Manager. Interesting, like a Vicarage except for a bank not a church. I'll be keeping my eye out for other bank buildings like this. Presumably the bank manager was also issued with a gun? (I think Dad's Army made reference to this?).
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https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums..._Ferry_Pic_s.html#lg=454476&slide=10Photos of the building here, opposite the North and South Wales Bank, later becoming the Midland Bank, 1 Bebington Rd, New Ferry.
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