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Replica tank bank at Murton


Erected outside the Miners' Hall in 1918


Type: Bank

This photograph shows what appears to be a replica tank bank outside the Miners’ Hall in Durham Place, Murton, in 1918. It was probably taken in January; the official tank bank ‘Nelson’ visited Sunderland, a few miles away, for a week at the end of January 1918.

Read more about the successful Tank Bank campaign initiated by the National War Savings Committee to raise money for the war:

Banking on the tank – BBC 17 February 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/gallery_tank_04.shtml

Wikipedia – Tank Banks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Banks

Civil Parish: East Murton

Contributed by Durham County Record Office