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' OLD JOINT STOCK...PUB & STUDIO THEATRE..4 TEMPLE ROW WEST. BUILT IN 1864 AS A LIBRARY, BUILDING QUICKLY ACQUIRED BY THE 'BIRMINGHAM JOINT STOCK BANK' WHICH HAD STARTED IN 1861,. IT MERGED WITH 'LLOYDS BANK' IN 1889 AND LLOYDS CONTINUED USING THE BUILDING. CONVERTED INTO A PUB IN 1997, WITH THE 95 SEAT THEATRE OPENING IN 2006. (JOINT STOCK BANKS COULD RAISE MORE CAPITAL THAN PRIVATE BANKS, AND THEREFORE COULD LEND MORE, AND FLOURISHED ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE LONDON WHERE PRIVATE BANKS JEALOUSLY PROTECTED THEIR STATUS) '