28 Oct 2020 – Oldies on Farceboot

The number of HMSOldies accessing the site from desktop systems is rapidly diminishing, and with the onset of smaller and smaller hand-held devices readers are less inclined to read lengthy submissions. There is an increase in the numbers accessing the HMSOldies Facebook page. This month alone we have welcomed new-reader Mike Butler, onetime member of…

Michael Yemm 1943–2020

The sad news was passed on by David Berwick on 21 October 2010: ‘It was with great sadness and some shock that late on Monday 19th October I came by the news that one of my former colleagues, Mike Yemm, had passed away on 4th October and that his funeral service was the very next…

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Brian Ekers 1935–2020

The sad news that Brian died, at home with his wife Eileen and with his family, on Saturday 29 August 2020 came from his son Bill. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2019. At our last meeting at his house in Thorpe, Norwich, Brian gave me a written summary of his life so far.…

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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…

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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…

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