Thrift radiates happiness. . Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests. Presently empty behind its aggrandised facade, the mundanity of its design is revealed by the destruction of surrounding structures, as if a curtain is Sep 17, 2025 · Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. It was Sep 17, 2025 · Pioneers: Thrift Radiates Happiness happening at The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham, United Kingdom on Wed Sep 17 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm Mar 26, 2013 · 2013 About Media Thrift Radiates Happiness 26 March 2013 This is Tomorrow A Pathé film captured the opening of Birmingham Municipal Bank’s Broad Street branch in 1933, launched to thronged crowds at a ceremony officiated by Prince George. All the art projects featured were appropriately focus on finance and investment. Justine will draw on material being uncovered by Mar 14, 2013 · Event by Trove and Thrift Radiates Happiness on Thursday, March 14 20137 posts in the discussion. Eventbrite - University of Birmingham Events Team presents Pioneers: Thrift Radiates Happiness - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at The Exchange, Birmingham, England. Thrift Radiates Happiness is a photographic display of images of the bank, when it was first opened in 1933. It was the brainchild of Neville Chamberlain in the First World War designed to encourage working people to save for the war effort; but it grew and developed in peace time to serve the city’s men, women and children, with over a third of the population having accounts with the Bank by 1939. ‘Thrift Radiates Happiness’, can still be seen today on the frieze in what was The Banking Hall and is today the café. This building was part of grand plans for a large civic complex in the area now known as Centenary Square. Find event and ticket information. On 14–17 March 2013 the first contemporary arts exhibition at the building was held, titled 'Thrift Radiates Happiness'. Known affectionately as the People’s Bank, it offered working people a new way to save and invest in their futures. The Birmingham Municipal Bank was set up in 1919 by Neville Chamberlain, who was Lord Mayor of the city at the time. [5] The title of the exhibition was Thrift Radiates Happiness. Mar 26, 2013 · Curated by Charlie Levine, ‘Thrift Radiates Happiness’ reopened the bank for four days, for TROVE in collaboration with Aedas, GRAIN/Library of Birmingham, RIBA West Midlands, The Birmingham Architectural Association and Birmingham City Council. Thrift Radiates Happiness February - October 2024 Monday - Saturday, 10:00 - 16:00, Free Entry The Exchange was once the headquarters of Birmingham Municipal Bank. History West MidlandsThe Birmingham Municipal Bank had a long and distinguished history. The title of the exhibition was Thrift Radiates Happiness, taken from an inscription found carved across a main beam within the building. Images have been reproduced courtesy of the Library of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Lloyds Banking Group Archive. Historian Dr Justine Pick leads this illustrated talk tracing the story of Birmingham Municipal Bank, from its founding in 1919 as a pioneering civic institution to its evolving role in the city’s financial and social life. The seriousness of moral purpose was worked into the friezes and the decoration, expressed in mottos like: ‘Prudent people seek a safe place wherein to lodge their securities’, ‘Saving is the Mother of Riches’, and on the western wall of the Banking Hall, ‘Thrift Radiates Happiness’. Dec 26, 2013 · Designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt, the same architect as Baskerville House opposite, the Grade II listed building was completed in 1933 to house the newly founded civic institution. jc ivizfopi kbr g4gi k9rk ia58hwi hq4 4iyeo pgs3iy fb