The sad news that Tom has died was notified on the CCTA Facebook site on 19 June 2021. Tom joined HMSO in November 1960, working for a time in Domestic Systems, Bunhill Row, as a Technical Officer. He moved to Norwich with dispersal, and transferred to CCTA, Gildengate House. He was a popular colleague, sociable…
Year: 2021
Denis Moloney 1952–2021
Denis sent a message some weeks ago saying that his health problems were serious and sadly we’ve just heard the news that he died Sunday 30 May 2021 at home in the company of his wife Morag and their three sons. The funeral – which is by invitation due to restrictions on numbers – will…
Donald William Shackshaft 1934–2021
The sad news that Don died on 21 May was announced in the Eastern Daily Press dated 4 June 2021. Don joined HMSO in December 1959, and moved to Norwich where he worked in HMSO Print. His late wife Shirley, who died in 2017, had worked as Senior Personal Secretary in Finance Division, and one…
Phillip Brooks 1945–2021
The sad news that Phill died, 26 May, at home with his family – wife Beryl and sons Owen and Adrian – was a shock even though the prognosis was not good. Following a long-term illness, the variant of chemotherapy that he had been having had stopped working and he had been discharged from hospital…
Mike Wood 1947–2021
Marie Challis, the widow of Graphic Design’s David Challis, informed us 4 May 2021 of the sad news that Mike died following a long illness in the home that was caring for him in Australia. Philip Marriage adds: Mike joined the HMSO design studio in Atlantic House in 1969 under John Westwood as a temp…
Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 1931–2021
The sad news that Maura has died, in Northern Ireland, was received via Margaret McCullough on 3 May. Maura joined HMSO Belfast on 1 January 1966, and worked in the office as AO until retirement. She was well known and appreciated among HMSO staff and customers, not only locally but in London, Norwich and elsewhere.…
19 April 2021 – HMSO St Crispins and environs
Jim & Lynda Marshall, and Denis Greeno, have all forwarded this link to AnOther and ‘How an Abandoned 1970s Office Block Became a Tropical Dystopia‘ to which Alan Pawsey has added the following: The planning permission has had some modifications since it was first granted but is still basically the same. It is far from…
20 Apr 2021 – From Norma Groom
Hi Reg, Watching the funeral of Prince Philip I remembered when I was deputising for Rhoda Warren, we had typed the daily clothing itinerary for the Duke when he was on tour. It had been proof read at the Palace and returned for correction and printed. I glanced through it and realised that on one…
Archived Annual Editions of Information Circulars
Many of us, when asked what we were doing in 2013 or 2014, can hardly remember a thing these days and as for 2005 …. But the team’s monumental effort in revitalising the past, from the annals of HMSOldies, is now available here. Information Circulars 2005 Information Circulars 2013 Information Circulars 2014 Information Circulars 2017
Brian Cecil Edward Lee 1929–2021
The sad news that Brian has died was received from Kay Griffiths via Valerie Barnard on 22 March 2021. Brian joined HMSO on 1 May 1950. By 1 April 1952 he was (EO) Personal Clerk to AC1 and by 1 April 1961 he was HEO in Supplies, being promoted to Principal in May 1968. He moved…