Bob Allder has passed on the sad news that Anne died in 2019. She joined HMSO as Administrative Officer in 1979 and had worked in Parliamentary Press. This notice appeared in The Gazette. Bob writes: I worked with Miss Anne Bussey at the Parliamentary Press. At one time she was the Industrial Nurse at Harrow…
Month: September 2020
2 September 2020 – HMSO Cardiff
Phill Brooks has unearthed these photos of the Cardiff Bookshop and Llanishen Reprographic Unit from the early 1970s. Has anyone any publishable reminiscences for HMSOldies? Mike Lynn adds: It would have been the early 1980s that I went to Cardiff (as Director of Publications Distribution) to tell the local Council and the staff that we…
1 September 2020 – From John Nash
1 September 2020 – From John Nash Good evening Reg, So sorry to learn about Brian Ekers who I encountered on numerous occasions I had not realised that he, too, was a ‘Croydon Boy’. In my Am Dram days I also knew Roy Hudd who helped with our Company before going on to a Design…
5 Sep 2020 – From Margery Kraszewski [in France]
Bonjour to the HMSOldies team I was pleasantly surprised to see the addition of the email that John and I sent regarding our move to France in 2005. It is now twenty-five years plus and although John passed away just over seven years ago I am still going strong and still loving living here even…
Kathleen Holland 1932–2020
Annette Conn has passed on the following sad news: ‘Kath passed away peacefully last night, 26 August 2020. She had been in the Oakwood Nursing Home for a few weeks and had been well cared for there but had got weaker and less mobile ever since her operation a few months ago. Her Cousin Ann…
Mary Brown 1939–2020
Sad news received from Jean Maskell, via Sue Whitaker: Mary Brown died on Wednesday 5th August, of pancreatic cancer, just 6 weeks after she was diagnosed. The family notice can be seen here. Mary joined HMSO on 1 November 1983 and worked in Registry with Rita Tuttle before transferring to IT as EO where she…