25 January 1950 – 22 December 2023 Paul’s wife Kate telephoned to tell us the shocking and unexpected news that Paul died at home in Cromer on the evening of Friday 22 December 2023. He had been relaxing with his family during the day, with no obvious major health problems. Paul joined HMSO Norwich as…
Author: Robert Stutely
16 December 2023 – From John Barker
All the best to you and your family for Christmas Reg. It doesn’t seem possible that HMSO as we knew it went in 1996. Sadly the news from it these days isn’t that cheerful. But it is nice to remember colleagues that aren’t with us any more when they appear on the Oldies for the…
Douglas Charles Kerry 1942–2023
We were sad to hear, from Doug’s wife Ruth Kerry, that Doug died on 8 December 2023. He suffered a chest infection following a long period of pulmonal fibrosis. Doug was born on 18 June 1942, and joined HMSO Computer Division, Norwich, on 1 October 1983. He retired as Director of Information Services following privatisation.…
8 Nov 2023 – From Paul Barnard
I watched an interesting programme on BBC2 this evening with Professor Hannah Fry going over the history of passports, both pre and post HMSO. I think the man who escorted her at Thales was “Scotty”, but not ours. Available on BBC iPlayer catch-up. Paul Thank you, Paul. Looks interesting. Brings back memories of what are quickly…
28 October 2023 – From Dennis Greeno
Hi Reg, The attached, and a few others, were rescued from a skip a while ago and are now in the Norwich Printing Museum. Do you, or does anybody else, know who used it and how? Regards, Dennis Greeno Hello Dennis, My word, what an elegant piece of binding. Not something I have seen…
Ronald Edward Farebrother 29 August 1930–6 October 2023
We were sad to receive, from his wife Heather Farebrother via John Rumball, the news that Ron died on 6 October 2023. Ron joined HMSO Print on 11 March 1968 and worked in Print Procurement, Norwich. Funeral details can be found here.
Derek Keith Regnier 26 May 1945–21 October 2023
Jim Marshall has passed on the sad news that Derek has died. He joined HMSO on 14 August 1961 and moved to Norwich to work in Print Procurement. The Eastern Daily Press Obituary Notice can be seen here.
11 October 2023 – From Ian Billings
Good morning Reg. With the arrival of the last Phone Book in our area, I was browsing the introduction/history pages and noticed the link to the BT Archive. This page has some photos of Harrow Press from the 1920s (and I have one of the first-edition telephone directories!). I doubt you will be able to…
Michael James Millward Salt 1940–2023
Howard Wheeldon has informed us of the sad news that Mike’s wife Erica telephoned him on 6 August 2023 to let him know that her husband had died peacefully in Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from Alzheimer’s disease with complications. Mike was born on 3 February 1940, joining HMSO in Atlantic House on 1 June 1965. He…
20 August 2023 – From Philip Marriage & Fred Stubbs
Our boss, John Saville, died a year ago today and as a tribute to him, Fred and I thought we would publish for a wider audience a little booklet we produced with John during the Covid Lockdown – our last project together. It’s a collection of terms we remembered from our time as young apprentice…