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National Savings Bank,

Everyday stories of country folk: 60 years of The Archers and MERL: 1951-2011, History of the World, Collecting 20th Century Rural Cultures

Angus Rands (Artist)

This framed poster for the National Savings Bank, formerly known as the Post Office Savings Bank, dates from the 1970s. The text reads ‘Wherever you go… there is a branch of the // National Savings Bank // … at the Post Office’. The picture, painted by Angus Rands (1922–1985), depicts the post office in the village of East Keswick, West Yorkshire, and is intended to show that even those in remoter rural parts of the country could make use of the National Savings Bank via their local post office.

1 framed poster: paper

Poster text – ‘Wherever you go… there is a branch of the // National Savings Bank // … at the Post Office’, Collecting 20thc Rural Culture blog [Thursday, 16 September 2010] – ‘National Savings poster, 1970s // The artist here was Angus Rands (1922–85), a native of Ilkley whose mode of work was portraits of life in Yorkshire and the Dales. The point of this picture, showing the post office in the beautifully tranquil village of East Keswick near Wetherby, was that everyone, even those in remoter rural parts, could make use of the National Savings Bank via their local post office. The National Savings Bank, formerly known as The Post Office Savings Bank, came into being in 1969. // Ironically of course, as the photo above shows, the post office is no longer there and the building, now known as the Old Forge, has been turned into domestic accommodation.’

Yorkshire and Humber [region]

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