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Series
Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Home Safes Files
Catalogue reference: NSC 13
What's it about?
NSC 13
These files relate to the issuing by the Post Office Savings Bank of home safes to savers between 1911 and 1942, and to their continued use thereafter.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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NSC 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office Savings Bank and Department: Home Safes Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1910-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files relate to the issuing by the Post Office Savings Bank of home safes to savers between 1911 and 1942, and to their continued use thereafter.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Post Office Savings Bank, 1861-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Banking
- Communications
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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On 11 December 1911 home safes were first made available to persons wishing to save small amounts of cash for deposit to Post Office Savings Bank accounts. No new safes have been issued since 1942 but holders of existing safes may continue to use them for any form of saving through the Department for National Savings.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11323/
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