Barclays had a van parked in Brigg Market Place earlier this week, staff being on hand to offer advice to passers by and customers. The company recently closed its Brigg branch after many years.
The planning and listed building applications submitted recently by Barclays, seeking permission for the removal of the ATM machine from its now-closed Brigg outlet and the installation of a sliding sash window instead, led us to reflect on how the frontage of 9 Market Place looked before technology brought the cashpoint through which customers could draw banknotes from their accounts without using the counter inside.
We've located some archive pictures showing the scene before the ATM was added. In some cases, long before!
The February 1952 view shows Coun Edward Dodd, as the chairman of Brigg Urban District Council, outside the bank, reading the official proclamation to confirm to the public that Queen Elizabeth II had become Head of State (a legal and regal requirement).
The bird's eye view (at the very top of this post) was taken in the early 1960s, while our 'Then & Now' montage (immediately above) shows the front of Barclays in the early 1970s and the premises a couple of years before closure, with the ATM still in everyday use.
The branch shut for good at noon on Friday, January 21, 2022. That leaves Brigg with only one 'high street' bank - Lloyds - still operating from a building open to the general public.
Seen here is the former Barclays outlet as it now looks and a notice to customers displayed on the front door, pointing out that cash services are available from Brigg Post Office (Wrawby Street) and that there's a cash machine nearby in the Wilko store, on Cary Lane.
Barclays has contacted North Lincolnshire Council to request planning and listed building consent to remove the ATM machine and install a window. Brigg Town Council has been consulted about the 'two' apps and has made its comments known to unitary authority planners ahead of them decided both proposals.
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