Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren Yes Place The town or city Ruthwell HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>Guided tours, informal talks, displays, children’s activity books, coin striking events, and just for DOD we will be serving free tea/coffee and cake for all visitors.</p> OpeningTime1 10 am to 5 pm OpeningDate1 7/9/2019 OpeningDate2 8/9/2019 OpeningTime2 10 am to 5 pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11006 Refreshments Yes Street The street address Savings Bank Museum Postcode DG1 4NN Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Savings Bank Museum - Ruthwell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1161 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,54.99302,-3.408164; Description An account of the resource <p><em>"The Amiablest and Kindliest of Men"</em><br />Thomas Carlyle on Henry Duncan, founder of the Ruthwell Savings Bank.</p><p>Tucked away in the pretty Dumfriesshire village of Ruthwell on the Solway, you will find the very room where the Trustee Savings Bank originated. On 10th May 1810, the Reverend Henry Duncan launched a community self-help project that would become both nation and worldwide.</p><p>Saving money for the future was of course not a new concept but until Reverend Duncan's project was launched, hiding your savings in your own home was the only option. Solving this security issue the Savings Bank project offered a secure means of saving and at last, ordinary folk were able to save their small sums of money and into the bargain earn a good interest, gain access to financial institutions, and increase their confidence and future prospects. </p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1760