30 December 2013 – Selfie from Paul Radbourne Sorry Reg, you did ask for it! Paul, Excellent! I had almost given up hope. You win the prize as the first – the only – Selfie received this side of 2014. You are looking remarkably clear-skinned, as befits a denizen of the Jewel of the Norfolk…
Author: Robert Stutely
Obituaries 2013
T.G. Smith 1922–2013 Roy Plackett has passed on the sad news that Tom died, following a short stay in hospital, on 31 December 2013. Funeral arrangements have been made for Friday 17 January 2014, 1545 hours at Earlham Crematorium, Earlham Road, Norwich. The Wake will be held after the funeral at The Trafford Public House,…
All Information Circulars from 2004 to 2011
The following Information Circular items are being restored from the pre-2018 HMSOldies site. Until the Picture Gallery has also been completed, some links to the Picture Gallery will be incomplete. Also, links to some external websites may be broken when websites cease to exist or have been re-designed.
Information Circulars 2005
Charles W Blundell Gets to the Bottom of Things In 1991 the late CW Blundell OBE (born 1920; joined HMSO 1937) published an autobiographical account entitled Gluepots. The name derived from a family tradition where the word would be shouted if someone repeated an old tale. Charles eventually became Director of Supplies, and as…
Information Circulars 2013 now ready to view
Many of us, when asked what we were doing in 2013, can hardly remember a thing these days. But the team’s monumental effort in revitalising the past, from the annuls of HMSOldies, is now available here.
A Message from The Editor – Picture Gallery
In the early years, it wasn’t technically possible to include photographs with the Information Circular items so they appeared in the separate ‘Picture Gallery’, which is now being gradually resurrected.
Picture Gallery Contents
In the early years of this website, it wasn’t technically possible to include photos with the IC items so they appeared in a separate ‘Picture Gallery’. This is gradually being restored and here is a list in date order, the most recent at the top. Around seventy entries have been restored and the balance will…
Oct 2005: Placketts and Pooles in Spain
Dave and Pat Poole (right) entertaining Roy and Brenda Plackett outside their house in Spain. (Photo from Dave Poole)
Feb 1966: SO Review
Who was this attractive young woman pictured on the cover of SO Review, February 1966? The photograph was taken by R Squires and was captioned ‘One Summer’. (From Reg Walker)
August 2005: Ivy Lee celebrates her 90th birthday
On the left, Ivy with a friend and her birthday cake, and right Ivy with her God-daughter Lesley, the daughter of the late Ena and Les South, who both worked for HMSO, and who will undoubtedly be remembered by many HMSOldies. (Photos from Judy Tassell)