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On 28 September The Hon. Mrs Nona Byrne, with her three daughters and four of her sons present, invited Cardinal Basil Hume OSB to re-open and re-dedicate the Catholic Building Society's headquarters in Strutton Ground. London S.W.I. Also present were three of Mrs Byrne's 21 grandchildren.
After a brief service the Cardinal blessed all who work for the Society and unveiled a plaque commemorating the reopening, which was also attended by the Society's Honorary President, the Duke of Norfolk. Mrs Nona Byrne is the only woman to chair any of the 88 authorised Building Societies, a position she has now held for 21 years. She has been a director of the
Society since its foundation in 1960, by her husband the late
Wing Commander Vincent Byrne KHS, who was the Society's President until his death in 1978.
GUESTS
Other guests at the opening ceremony included, the Chairman of the Building Societies Commission. the government's supervisory body for all U.K. building societies. Mrs Rosalind Gilmore and one of her predecessors, Mr Keith Brading, the retired head of the Registry of
Friendly Societies. The
Catholic Building
Society's Vice
Chairman, Mr Aribert von Vollmar was Mr Brading's deputy at the Registry until 1981, when he joined the Board of the Catholic. Also among the 70 guests were architects, surveyors, engineers and the building contractor who helped to create the Society's new headquarters. The main contractor was Kier (London) Ltd.
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