About this site

The following summarises briefly what the site contains.  Clicking the corresponding link from the menu above will take you to the appropriate page.

Home page:  The one you are looking at now.

Info:  This page includes some general information that you may find useful.

WD History:  A few facts about WD’s history that you may or may not know.  The page also includes a link to show the family tree.  Separate pages can also be accessed showing the early days of 20 Birchin Lane.   There is also a link to take you to RBS history.

Lives Remembered:  Sadly a number of pensioners have died since the website was started. We thought it a fitting tribute to include a few comments about their lives and photos have been included, wherever possible.

Memories:  Some of you have written about an amusing incident in your banking life and these have been reproduced together with a few photos and other comments to refresh the memory banks.

Events:  There are a number of events throughout the year and brief details of both past and forthcoming events are given here.

Misc:  This could be anything to amuse or inform.  Please feel free to offer suggestions or your own contribution

Contact:  This page gives details of how to contact us, whether by phone, e-mail or “snail mail”.


 

Welcome

We are all aware that Williams Deacon’s Bank disappeared many more years ago than we care to remember.  Those of us who went on to retire as employees of RBS or its subsidiaries generally still have an affection for and a sense of belonging to the old bank and more particularly to our colleagues. This web site has been set up to help those colleagues to stay in touch and to generally provide information and interest.

The site was originally set up following comments made after John Dawson had decided to arrange a lunch in London for WD pensioners back in 2007.  Since its inception however, contact has been made with a number of ex colleagues in other parts of the country and we are very happy to hear from WD pensioners whichever part of the country they worked or now live.  If you wish to contact former colleagues, please let us know and we will do our best to put you in touch.

John David Dawson  

A tribute to John now appears on the Lives Remembered page.  Please click here.

Reference is made to an armed robbery at Tottenham Court Road in which John was involved.  Although a serious incident, there are elements of the story that would be more at home in a Carry On film.  Some of you will be familiar with the events but for those of you who are not, you might be interested to know that the magazine 50+ will be publishing John’s story in the next issue.  John had submitted this to the editor a little before his death.

New contact names

Please see the Contacts page for details of to whom you should now speak or write to.

We hope that everyone will visit the site from time to time and would encourage you all to make comments (good or bad) and let us have any suggestions for additions to the site.  We would also appreciate receiving any news that can be incorporated in the newsletter.

John Dawson (1933 - 2011), who came up with the idea of setting up a Williams Deacon’s Pensioners Group and who passed away in June of this year.

An address familiar to many pensioners