The sad news that Vic died at home in Norwich, following a heart attack, on 21 June 2020, came from Andy White and Kevin White, who had worked with him in his later years at OGC. Vic joined HMSO on 2 May 1966, as Clerical Officer in Finance Division. He transferred to CCTA in the…
Month: June 2020
HMSO Sovereign House from first footings to graffiti stricken ruin
Stuart McPherson is well known and admired around Norwich for his insightful photographic commentaries on his Home City, not least in the area of Anglia Square and the oft-lambasted Sovereign House development. This series of photographs will bring back a host of memories for so many ex-HMSO staff and their families.
8 June 2020 – From Ken Arnoldi
Hello Reg, See this extract from a letter, which may be of interest to HMSOldies, from Pauline and Ron Smyth, former HMSO employees. My wife met Pauline by chance in 2001 and lent her a copy of the HMSO Graphic Design book. [From Layout to Graphic Design] ‘We both worked in Publications Division from 1937…
28 May 2020 – From Roger Nash
In the past, you said you wanted something happy. Well – attached is some happy news – for us anyway. Roger and Barbara Nash have been married 60 years! We got married at Bromley Registry Office on the 28th May 1960. We moved to Norwich with the Advance Party and started work at Norvic House…
David Edwin ‘Ed’ Crickmore 1944-2020 & Carole Eileen Crickmore 1944-2020
Ed Crickmore Sue Prutton passed on the following sad news, which she had received from Ed’s wife Carole, on 20 May 2020: ‘Ed died this afternoon. Very peacefully, the nurses were getting him ready to come home tomorrow and he just went. No fuss, no pain, he just stopped. It was so quick we didn’t…
Adrienne Jeanne Bailey
The sad news that Adrienne died on 10 May 2020 appeared in the Eastern Daily Press on 22 May. Adrienne transferred to Norwich during the original Dispersal, with her sister Valerie, who worked in Supplies Division until retirement and continues to live in the Poringland area. Adrienne moved from the Computer Division of HMSO to…