Yorkshire Building Society

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver was unloading boxes from his truck when he noticed something odd. The Yorkshire Building Society sign seemed to be waving gently in the breeze, as if greeting him personally. As he approached the building, the sign waved again, this time almost tipping over. Startled, the driver quickly grabbed it and straightened it up. Turning around, he saw a neighbor smiling and whispering, ‘Nice job, mate! Thought that sign was saying hello for ages!’

2. A little girl walked into her local Yorkshire Building Society branch one afternoon, clutching her piggybank tightly. As she approached the counter, she stopped dead in her tracks and pointed excitedly towards an old safe. 'Mummy,' she whispered, 'look! It’s dancing!' The teller looked puzzled for a moment, then broke into laughter. ‘That’s not dancing,’ she said gently. ‘It’s just the old safe door shaking when it opens.’ The little girl nodded wisely and replied, ‘Oh, I see!’ Then she ran out happily, leaving everyone smiling. Since then, whenever someone mentions that branch, they talk about the day the safe started dancing.’

3. In the early morning fog, before anyone else arrived, an old man with a cane shuffled into the York­shire Build­ing Soci­ety branch. He took out a dusty envelope and whispered something into the empty lobby. The receptionist, half-asleep, leaned over curiously. ‘What’s that you’re whispering?’ The old man smiled mysteriously and replied, ‘Just telling your building society it owes me a pint.’ With that, he winked and left, leaving behind only a faint whiff of stale ale.

4. Why did that old man keep visiting the Yorkshire Building Society every Tuesday? No one knew for sure, but some said it was because of the mysterious package he carried out each week. Some claimed he was paying off a secret debt, while others thought he was smuggling rare teas. In reality, he was just buying lottery tickets—every Tuesday without fail. And every Wednesday morning, a delivery driver would arrive with the same mysterious package: his winnings.