Postponement of Cathedral Consecration date from May 1960 to May 1961.

File of papers and correspondence relating to the decision to postpone the date of the Consecration of the Cathedral from May 1960 to May 1961.:

Copy of the Minutes of the fifth Annual General Meeting of the Guildford New Cathedral Council  16 April 1959

Memo from Miss Iredale to the Council concerning the progress of the building work 20 March 1959

Correspondence from Miss Iredale, The Bishop of Guildford Ivor Watkins, Sir Edward Maufe, architect,  Lawrence Powell,  Dove Bros. Builders, and Lord Hamilton of Dalziell a, Chairman of the Council, nd others concerning the progress of completion of the West End of the Cathedral and the possible impact on the planned date of Consecration of the Cathedral. September – October 1959.

Text of a press release from the Bishop and the Chairman of the New Cathedral Council  announcing the postponement of Consecration from 31 May 1960 to Whitsuntide 1961.  Dated 7 November 1959.