Hello Reg, Here are the photos from last week’s London HMSOldies Dinner. Although the numbers were down to 16 there were at least half a dozen apologies, so hopefully more next year. Also a first appearance from Barry Davies, London PP, and later Marketing. I...
Hi Reg, I thought you might like to see this photo of Chris and I on my 86th birthday on the 8th of March. My two grandchildren Tess her husband Sam and Blake came to South Africa to celebrate it with me which was great....
I've been one of the organists at St Mary's in Happisburgh for 17 years and I'm organising a series of recitals during May-August 2019 to raise funds for recent work on the organ. David Dunnett from the cathedral is giving the lift-off VIP recital on...
Following an HMSOldies enquiry regarding Pensions, what should I find in the post waiting for me but the P60 package from CSP, which included details of how to register for the CS Portal. Which I have now done; forgot to turn over the page and...
We heard the sad news that Steve died on Thursday 21 March 2019 following a long illness. Steve joined HMSO Print in Norwich in 1979, where he met and married Jayne. Steve continued to be employed by the post-HMSO privatised company in St Crispins: Jayne left...
Hi Reg, If you would be so kind as to post these details of our Annual Lunch, I would be most obliged. This will be the first time that John Davies (ex Parliamentary Press) will not be there as his wife has organised a birthday treat...
Sad news from John Eason, who has heard that Derek died on 28 March 2019 following a stroke. Derek joined HMSO Publication as a Clerical Officer in January 1947, when the salary for a 17 year-old was £170 per year. Among other COs in Publications at...
Hi Reg, Here are a few pictures from 1982 which may interest you. The first is Alec Laing the day he retired from HMSO – March. At the time he was a Staff Inspector. The other two were taken in Belfast with the river view...
Not sure if it is appropriate for the website but to keep myself amused I am the Hon. Archivist of the HMS Cossack Association. There were five Cossacks from 1806 with the last being scrapped in 1960 after the Korean War. The most famous was...
Hi Reg, Good to hear from you. I strongly suspect that the lack of traffic at the HMSOldies station has something to do with the fact all our contemporaries are busy dying around us. Being in my 84th year it can't be ignored! However, I'm...