Bricks and Mortals. A study of the building society movement and the story of the Abbey National Building Society, 1849-1949

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An account of the history and functions of the National Building Society and of the Abbey Road & St John's Wood Permanent Building Society, which merged in 1944 to create Abbey National, as well as a history of the building society movement and its social role and ethics thereby creating much context. The writer was Sir C Harold Bellman, Chairman and long term employee of the Society and a respected figure in the industry at home and abroad. Extensive appendices largely deal with the the movement rather than Abbey National