David Tweedie, customer advisor and Rebecca Burney, assistant cluster manager, celebate 40 years of The Cumberland Building Society in Dumfries (Image: Jonathan Becker)

Birthday time for two Dumfriesshire branches

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Two of Cumberland Building Society’s Dumfriesshire branches are celebrating landmark birthdays.

It is half a century since the Annan branch opened in 1974, while the Dumfries branch has hit 40 years since its doors opened in 1984.

The Annan branch was also the Cumberland’s first Scottish site and is the society’s second-oldest branch after the Preston branch, which enjoyed its 50th birthday last year.

Cumberland colleagues and customers enjoyed birthday cakes and balloons to mark the anniversaries.

Annan branch of the Cumberland is celebrating 50 years in the town. Pictured are Baylie Robertson, customer service assistant; Lexie Glendinning, trainee customer advisor; and Ryan McCubbin, cluster manager Scotland (Image: Jonathan Becker)

During the decades since the branches opened – when transactions were recorded by hand in customers’ passbooks as there were no computers – there have been many changes to the banking industry.

However, the Cumberland said that what has not changed is its “commitment to looking after customers, online or in one of the branches”.

Scotland cluster manager Ryan McCubbin, who looks after all the branches north of the border, said: “It’s really exciting to see the Annan branch celebrate its 50th birthday and the Dumfries branch its 40th.

“We’re really proud to be here when other banks and societies are closing across the region.

“Each year we are seeing closures in the towns and for us to still be here supporting people is really important to us.

“We are ultimately here for the benefit of our members and our communities and it’s nice to be able to give something back to the people who have supported us for as long as they have.”

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