New Quarters For Post Office Savings Bank

When the Post Office Savings Bank first moved into its quarters in the old post office building many years ago there was no great crowding problem. But with the passing of the years, the development of Nelson and the growth of business being transacted by the savings bank, the staff soon outgrew its accommodation and it became imperative to find more space for the bank. The answer is the new two-storey block adjoining the chief post office. The building was opened officially by Mr Scott, Postmaster General, earlier this month. The ground floor of the £60,000 building is occupied almost exclusively by the savings bank. The telephone branch (downstairs) and offices of the engineering department (upstairs) also have more airy quarters and the public will benefit enormously by not having to climb that mountainous stairway to pay their telephone accounts. The public will henceforth benefit also from the new teller-ledger system which enables a teller to check signatures and passbooks and make deposits and withdrawals at the one window. The pics of the building and its interior were taken shortly before the building was officially opened.

The public counter, with Dick Clark available to answer inquiries, should solve the queueing problem.

Public cubicles each with its own light and chairs for those who want to sit.

Waiting for business: Peter McLaughlin, George Derbidge and Doug Goodman

Mr Horace Weston, bank manager, and Mr George Bell, chief postmaster, in the foyer of the new building.

The typist-machinists have a room all to themselves so no wonder Anne Brown, Lynette Vass, Lyn Bolitho and Beth Michael look happy.

Barry Whyte about ready to start with the carpeting

The man with the key to all your problems, Mr Ken McCormick, compiling the key register.

Upstairs in the engineers' drawing room, Ray Reynolds, Barrie Preston, Bert Reeves, Cam Keown and Adrian Bayly. had plenty of natural light in which to work.