The BANK OF SCOTLAND, Blairgowrie (on the 2026 Closure List): A Branch That Knew Your Name, Your Balance and Your Business
Survived by an app, a helpline and a cash machine with strong feelings.
Blairgowrie, where people used to say 'I'll just pop into the bank.' Photo: John MacKenzie, “Wellmeadow, Blairgowrie - geograph.org.uk - 2375018”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
BLAIRGOWRIE — The Blairgowrie branch of the Bank of Scotland, listed among this year’s UK branch closures, is preparing to leave the town that knew it as “the place you went on a Friday to argue about a cheque.”
It was a branch of high ceilings, low interest rates and the particular queue found only in rural branches, in which everyone in front of you is paying in a bag of coins from a church tombola.
It handled the finances of berry farms, B&Bs and pensioners who liked to see their money “with their own eyes, once a month, to be sure it’s still there.”
It is survived by a banking app and the instruction to “visit your nearest branch”, which in Blairgowrie will soon involve a scenic drive.
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