File contains the following papers relating to the opening of the headquarters at Thomas Tawell House, Coronation Road, on 29 April 1970:





- official programme of proceedings





- draft order of proceedings





- list of attendees at the ceremony





- invitation issued to the Lord Walpole to attend the opening





- general correspondence regarding arrangements for the date and time of the attendance of Princess Alexandra at the opening, dated 16 Oct 1969-23 Feb 1970





- architects' plan of the landscape scheme for the new headquarters, dated Oct 1969





- letter of appeal issued by the Norfolk Branch to raise funds for a new headquarters upon the end of the lease at Carrow Abbey, the former headquarters of the branch, dated 25 Feb 1969





- general correspondence regarding the trees and shrubs at the headquarters, dated Oct 1969-Nov 1969





- two letters sent between Dame Anne Bryans, Vice-Chairman of the British Red Cross Society and Lady Alpole, President of the Norfolk Branch, dated Dec 1968-Jan 1969





- correspondence regarding a message sent by Queen Elizabeth II, dated 1969





- correspondence regarding arrangements for laying the foundation stone of the new headquarters, dated Jan 1969-Mar 1969





- general correspondence with Feilden and Mawson, Chartered Architects, dated Apr 1966-Feb 1969





- correspondence concerning initial plans for the new headquarters





- draft paper concering the naming of the mobile hospital at Sandringham in July 1955





- drawing of plaque to be unveiled at the laying of the foundation stone at the new headquarters





- plan showing the site of the headquarters (very faded)