Author: Robert Stutely

Thanks Reg for your email and for keeping HMSOldies going, even if much of it these days contains sad news.  I was interested to see your first appointment was to Cornwall House, as that was also my first experience of HMSO. I spent my first few weeks in a dismal office (on a non-job )…

I was very saddened to hear recently of Ivor’s passing on 15th August, and my initial thoughts are, of course, with his wife Jennifer. There are very many musicians in this region who have a massive amount to thank Ivor for. With his rather special organisational skills Ivor gave a public platform to hundreds of…

Hi Reg, Judging by my telephone calls with WL’s HR Department they have been somewhat bombarded with calls from retired HMSO people being asked to opt in or out of a Zurich-run company pension scheme – particularly as you had to say yes or no by end of the month! When I mentioned that many…

In November 2008 Terry Robinson sent HMSOldies an article entitled ’92 years with HMSO Presses’ which told the story of the Robinson family’s involvement with HMSO.   In January 2017 we received a note from Diane Buck, from the Hansard Writing Team, expressing interest in the article – especially the item involving Walter ‘Robbie’ Robinson and…

Dear Reg, You may be surprised to hear from me, as it is 6 years since David passed away. I do look up the site occasionally to see if I might have known the name of anyone. Now I see that there is a different format – nice, but not as easy as the old…