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Apr. 28, 1955 - 28.4.55 Aged ladies receive keys to Margaret Mullen House This afternoon a number of aged ladies received keys to flats they will occupy in Margaret Mullen House which has been given over to the purpose by Wing Commander Vincent (Paddy) Byrne. Eammon Andrews unveiled a plaque to Margaret Mullen, the old lady who was found on the beach at Brighton recently and who was found a flat there, but was later killed in a road accident, after whom the house has been named. The keys were handed over by the Mayor of Chelsea, Cllr. Guy Edmiston, J.P. Keystone Photo Shows: The Mayor of Chelsea (Cllr. Edmiston) handing over the first key to Mrs. Eva Trenchard, aged 70 who during the war had escaped British Servicemen from the Germans at Monte Carlo, watched by Wing Commander Byrne who is in centre

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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