... reflects the changing economic mix of East End industries, their growing economic activity and, I suggest, the confidence which they had in the savings bank to maintain their account independence ... credit, on the basis of trust.50 For the poor and the working class short-term credit was usually obtainable at the corner shop and from the landlord. Indeed, landlords, wittingly or otherwise, ... account and the bank refused, citing the fact that the rules forbid the giving of information about depositors and their accounts’32. The bank also showed a degree of local decision making in...