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The following article appeared in the Morwell Advertiser edition dated: Monday, January 7th. 1957 Modern premises for E.S.A. bank One of Morwell’s most modern business premises - the newly-built E.S.&A. Bank in Church Street - opened for business on January 2. Mr. C. W. Birrell has been appointed manager. Married with four children, Mr. Birrell was formerly manager of the bank’s Moorabbin branch. He has been with the E.S.&A. for 33 years and has served in 14 different branches in Victoria and New South Wales. Mr. Birrell takes an active interest in bowls, and is a keen follower of many sports. STRONGROOM An interesting architectural feature of the modern new structure at Morwell is the placing of the strong room, which has become an important element for both decorative and structural purposes. Situated boldly at the front of the building, the strongroom is covered with Italian blue mosaic tiles providing a characteristic identification to the building. It also supports the cantilevered first floor which reaches out to the street boundary and presents to the Eastern aspect a sunscreen of long white horizontal louvres. This screen gives protection to the staff rooms on the first floor. Inside the glass and aluminium entrance screen, the ceiling rises to a height of 20 ft., giving a feeling of height and spaciousness to the relatively narrow building. At the rear of the banking chamber, a tall clear-storey window floods the area with strong natural light, creating excellent conditions for staff. Another modern trend is the gold anodized aluminium used on the fronts of the counters. Other materials used for fittings include highly polished natural coloured and stained silver ash. The manager’s and accountant’s offices have a floor-to-ceiling wall of glass, opening on to a gravelled court-yard. Note: a section of “Gaztronomy” restaurant now occupies this building. The old bank vault is still in place. S. H. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor
“As Time Goes By” 1940’s The Changing Face of Morwell (“La Mode” building Church Street) April 2000 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor
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