Banking
Crowthorne Baptist Church
In common with many communities, our ‘village’ no longer has any banks or building societies, and the only post office is away from the centre of the village near the railway station, and thus not very convenient. There is a cashpoint in the high street, and another two in locations further out.
We have many hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons, charity shops, refreshment premises, and what seems like an endless number of residential and retirement homes.
The Cash Hub deals with all major UK banks
Recently, the local Baptist church opened a Cash Hub, which is open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday. Here, people can withdraw cash, deposit cash or cheques, and pay utility bills. Registered businesses can collect change. The service is free and will be extremely useful for those many people who do not use online banking and prefer to conduct their business personally. I’m sure there are a lot of grateful people in the village.
The church is in the middle of the high street, close to the local library, which is also a hub of activity.
Now, if only some philanthrope would purchase the empty buildings, and use them for something useful, rather than demolishing them and building more bijou residences on vanishingly small plots of land . . .
