A group of cashiers that used to work at the HSBC in Bicester held a reunion this week.
It comes as the branch at 1 Sheep Street in the town centre closed its doors for the final time on Tuesday, June 20.
Linda Smith, Margaret Summerfield, Carol Silman, Diane Green, Pam Turner, Linda Honey, Melanie Murray, Stephanie Hatley, Ros Ham and Sally Snell all worked together at the bank from 1970 to the mid-1980s.
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The group met at the bank on Sheep Street at around 12:30pm on Tuesday, June 20, and then had lunch afterwards at the Littlebury Hotel in Bicester.
Reunion organiser, Linda Smith said: “It was lovely to catch up with everybody.
“People had travelled from as far as Weymouth and Aylesbury as well as more local places such as Oxford.
“We all recognised each other and had lots of tales of tell.
“We also went through lots of old photographs as well.
“It was a very happy day.”
Ms Smith explained that all those at the reunion had lots of fond memories from their time at HSBC in Bicester.
She said: “We had a lot of good managers there who helped us with the work.
“They would often take us to the pub.
“We also had a lot of valued customers, and they often had the cashier they liked.
“One person, her mum, used to bring in cakes on a weekly basis.”
The closure of the HSBC in Bicester comes amid the closure of hundreds of UK bank branches with Barclays, Halifax, Natwest, Lloyds and Santander also shutting sites this year.
The move will leave thousands of customers without access to an in-person branch.
Bosses have cited the increase in people banking online rather than in person as a reason for the closures, with 266 planned for closure across the UK.
But research from Age UK has suggested that older or vulnerable people struggle with online banking.
Their findings noted that 27% of over-65s and 58% of over-85s rely on face-to-face banking.
The HSBC in Bicester town centre is the only Oxfordshire branch that has been included in the latest round of closures this month.
But the bank is shutting a total of 24 branches in June with Twickenham, Stirling and South Fields also on the list.
Barclays is due to close 27 high street banks and Halifax is shutting down five branches.
To combat the closure of high street banks, charities and consumer groups have called for the acceleration in the introduction of banking hubs.
Banking hubs will have a dedicated room where customers will be able to visit community bankers from their own bank.
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