Barbara Anne Robbins 1937–2021

The sad news that Barbara has died, in the James Paget Hospital, on 18 January 2021 came from Dorothy Sellar via Marilyn Nisbet. She had successfully gone through a hip operation following a fall but subsequently contracted pneumonia. Barbara joined HMSO Norwich in December 1968 and was promoted Personal Secretary in 1977. I knew her…

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21 January 2021 – Printing and Binding Division Steams Into 1961

Alex Mackie, who joined HMSO in November 1960, was pleased to feature in this cover article from the S.O. Review dated February 1961. It featured a cartoon drawn by Jack Palmer with caricatures of printing staff in the PG5 area. The caption reads: ‘The P&B Railway on this month’s cover was constructed in Room C90, Atlantic House,…

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