Items of Interest

We have been alerted by our Barclays Pensioners Clubs in Shrewsbury, Mid-Sussex and Trust Company, that some suspect emails purporting to be from Willis Towers Watson have been received by Bank Pensioners although we have no specific details. Please be … Continue reading “Suspect emails purporting to be from Willis Towers Watson”

Barclays Welfare Team at Willis Towers Watson are pleased to confirm that the improvement in the password reset functionality for the ePA website is now live. As mentioned in the 2020 newsletter the Trustee and the Barclays Team at Willis … Continue reading “ePA Password Reset Process”

Our member, Mick Mabbutt, has again reproduced an exact copy of one of the Spread Eagles in the Exeter Branch of Barclays. His painstaking work was a feature at the recent meeting of the Club at the Exeter Golf and … Continue reading “Another Spread Eagle Replica”

Commemorative coasters are now available marking 50 years since the merger of Martins with Barclays. 300 have already been issued. Any Martins pensioner who would like one should apply to David Baldwin Secretary of the Grasshopper Pensioners’ Club on grasshoppers@btinternet.com … Continue reading “Calling all Grasshoppers”

It hasn’t been widely advertised but the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) will consider making a part refund of the OPG fee(s) paid for those who registered their Lasting or Enduring Power(s) of Attorney during the period 1st April … Continue reading “Claiming a Power of Attorney refund”

David Jenkins, one of our members from Sidmouth, thoroughly enjoying his day  as an Engine-Man at the West Somerset Heritage Railway.

At the Exeter Spread Eagle Club’s 2017 AGM, members were shown a Golden Spread Eagle which had been recovered from a skip when builders renovated Exeter High Street branch. This Spread Eagle resurfaced after many years after having been carefully … Continue reading “That Golden Spread Eagle – and how you can buy one”