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Do you remember the school savings stamps? You had a card (blue I think) with squares printed inside and you had to stick your stamps into them.
Any pics anyone?
Any pics anyone?
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brummie nick
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The cards I remember were for the old Birmingham Municipal Bank, when you'd saved a pound you could open a bank account.
No Pics though. Nick
No Pics though. Nick
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Was they like this Fran, ? sixpence each and had a pic of Princess Anne on them
Never bought any as never had any money to save
Never bought any as never had any money to save
Oisin
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I read fairly recently about how much the banks made out of this. Many kids, including my sisters and me, would put a few pence in then forget about it. In fact, I wonder how much interest there is on my 1/6d (a years savings) the Municipal/Lloyds/TSB owe me over 53 years?
ColinB
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The stamps was sold as part of The National Savings Scheme developed during the war I'm sure there were two stamps one as shown with Princess Anne and another with Prince Charles,think Charles stamp  was blue in colour. The stamps could be exchanged in banks and post offices.
Colin
Colin
Peter Walker
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When I was at Hawthorn Road Juniors in 1941 - 44, I remember we were all encouraged to buy National Savings stamps once a week, and in the last few months I was often sent to buy the stamps after the money had been collected. I seem to remember I had first to go to the local florist, who took all the coppers and gave me larger denomination coins and a ten-bob note or to before I went in the post office, where they didn't like counting a pound's worth of halfpennies (480 of them in a pound, remember!). When you had a card with 15/- worth of stamps, you went to the post office and traded it in for a certificate which was gummed in a little album.
Peter
Peter
sylviasayers
master brummie
When I was in the Infants at Burlington Street School during the war we were encouraged to buy saving stamps as described by Peter these were stuck into little books about 5 inches x 2.1/2 inches and then when full you had a 15 shillings National Savings Certifcate which was put in a little blue book with a "window" in the front which had a buff coloured card with your name and address and account number. I think it was after 5 years that you could cash them in with some interest added.
Peter.  I remember the oblong stamp book and saving each week or when I could afford it with 2/6 stamps which were larger than normal postage stamps if l remember correctly bought at the post office and wondering how wealthy l would become. This would be around the mid 1940's.
I must have made a few thruppenny bits, tanners and a few bob since then.
I must have made a few thruppenny bits, tanners and a few bob since then.
jennyann
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I remember my oldest brother Peter having a stamp savings book when he was at school in l944. Later on my Mother opened a bank account at the Municipal Bank on the corner of Brookvale Park Road and Marsh Hill for us. The manager seem to dislike children very much and although we had been in the bank many times with my parents, when we started to go in on Saturday mornings on our own to put part of our pocket money into our accounts, it was a diffferent story. The Manager would just glare at us from the moment we went in. He would come over to the counter to check everything. It put me off banks for years after that. I hated the cheap ink they used in the bank as well.
brummie nick
master brummie
jennyann said:
It was only to use in the bank, not to fill your fountain pen with. ;D
Hi brummie nick, This was in 1970, I think. I remember our maths teacher Mr Fred Potter used to run the the school bank during lunch time weekly and I did saved a pound and opened a bank account. I cashed it in 5 years later at the TSB. The interest was almost nil.
I remember buying the stamps at school to go on a card, or it might have been a small, thin book not sure. The stamps I remember had Prince Charles on them, brown and blue coloured stamps I think. Don’t actually remember getting the money when they were cashed in. The money might well have gone towards something practical, so wasn’t memorable for me ! Thinking about it, mine too probably went to open a bank account. Viv.
There was also a Princess Ann stamp. I was saving them at Alston Rd Junior School. I went on to have a Municipal Bank account later. My Mother had a saving tin? from the bank that she called her tank.It was always kept under the sideboard along with her old green handbag that contained important papers.
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Yes I do remember the savings stamps. I loved to fill the page up, think we had them at Ingleton Road School Ward End. Happy memories if that school.
Blimey I remember those from school ! Mum gave me money for mine, but I have no idea what happened when the books were traded in.
I worked with a lovely lady who'd previously worked for National Savings. I think there was once a specific civil service department for it. She told me it was the best job she ever had and was a wonderful place to work.
I worked with a lovely lady who'd previously worked for National Savings. I think there was once a specific civil service department for it. She told me it was the best job she ever had and was a wonderful place to work.
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Time Traveller 66
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Had a book with saving stamps but i cashed them in for some accessories for my Action Man . Could not resist. This was back in the mid 60s.
