RECORD DEPOSITS AT P.O.S.B.
Deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank branch in Hereford street on Wednesday were the highest for some years, and probably the highest ever. The amount credited was £176,399 spread over 5099 accounts. On the .day the bank /opened for business after Christmas in 1959, December 29, the corresponding figures were £127,753 over 3554 accounts. The amounts in each case came mostly from credits made at other branches in the day or two immediately before the bank closed for the holiday. Withdrawals on Wednesday were £43,615 on 1748 accounts, the figures last year being £35.149 on 1508 accounts.
On the last working day before Christmas, December 23. the bank took £187.471 in deposits for 3400 accounts, compared with the December 24 figures last year of £166.740 for 3898 accounts. Withdrawals on these days were £88,564 from 2872 accounts this year and £59.242 from 2682 accounts last year.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29401, 31 December 1960, Page 11
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