Author: Robert Stutely

Who can name any of the 14 people shown in this photograph? The only clue is that it was taken in London in 1964, and ten of those shown worked for HMSO. (Photo from Reg Walker)

It had been a long and tiring day, and even nearing midnight it was still sweltering. However it had been a day full of memories. (Photo Clive Friend Crown copyright)

Recorded for posterity, a new career as a road-sweeper (a real job at last I can hear some say). If you’ve ever wondered what the rolled up papers are, tucked into the railings just outside the door to No.10, I can reveal that they are a list of all that day’s expected visitors. (Photo Clive…

This private publication tells the story of graphic design in HMSO from the inception of the Typographic Design and Layout Section in 1946 under Harry Carter, through to 1995 and the studio prior to privatisation. It comprises contemporary articles and personal reminiscences by some of those involved, at all levels, including specially written pieces by…

OMRS Typewriter Repair Shop – more efficient on keyboards than Jools Holland. (Photo from Reg Walker)

Archie ‘Dave’ Davison was in charge of the OMTS Clerical Section for several years, and Betty Chambers moved from Contracts Division to work with him. (Photo from Reg Walker)

Now where did I store the transverse occluded butterfly grips for the Ellams duplicator? (Photo from Reg Walker)

Staff Suggestion presentation to George Wheeldon, (OMTS Basildon), 17 February 1977 by Deputy Controller ARH Glover (obviously with a train to catch from Laindon Station). Also CW Blundell, GB Furn, Frank Meads (HEO Basildon) and Albert Rose (OMTS Foreman). (Photo from Reg Walker)

In 1977 OMTS Craftsman George Wheeldon, who worked in Basildon, was presented with £183 from the Staff Suggestion Fund for a machine modification that was to save some £1800 in the first year of application. Deputy Controller ARH Glover made the presentation. To the left of the picture is George Macaulay and to the right…

This photo – commissioned by HMSO from Tom Mackie, a local landscape and architectural photographer – shows HMSO’s headquarter’s building apparently in a parkland setting, but actually taken from the busy St Crispins roundabout. Tom was born in Philadelphia and began his photographic career in California before settling in Norfolk. He undertook a number of…