Author: Robert Stutely

Reg Walker writes:  I came across a couple of old (1950s) b&w pictures sent to me by Don Warman, whose cousin Jim Curtis died earlier this year. Jim was an EO in HMSO in the 1950s and retired from CCTA as an SEO. Don found these pictures in Jim’s effects and wondered if anyone could…

SO Review August 1963 (From Reg Walker)

SO Review August 1963 (From Reg Walker)

SO Review August 1963. Cover picture shows the second-hand bookstalls in Farringdon Road with the Old Bailey in the background.

Philip Marriage writes:  I was pondering whether this new building on the site of the old Atlantic House was an improvement on the old, or not, however, I thought, at least they’ve kept the old stairwell from Holborn Viaduct down to Farringdon Road below. But all is not as it seems, click here to discover why?

Philip Marriage writes: A familiar walk across Holborn Viaduct, but a far from familiar view as a new building is being constructed on the footprint of the old Atlantic House. (Photo from Philip Marriage)

Philip Marriage writes: This photo was taken following a meeting I had with Brian Minett, HMSO’s then Parliamentary Liaison Officer, around the time HMSO finally vacated a building which had been it’s headquarters since 1951. This photo appeared in Hugh Barty-King’s official bicentenary history a couple of years later. (Photo from Philip Marriage

Most of the Graphic Design team, 26 April 1978, just prior to the move to Norwich. At the back, from left to right, John Hughes, Ken Arnoldi, Steve Heardman, Peter Branfield, Philip Marriage, John Saville, and Mike Wood. Then in the middle, Iris Walker, Lynda Sullivan, John Westwood, Christabel Hardacre, Dee Smallridge, David Tudor, Nodge…

The front of the special edition of Progress, designed by Dee Smallridge, showing the visit by HM Queen to St Crispins, Norwich, to commemorate HMSO’s Bicentenary. Dee showed Her Majesty a mock-up of Progress as part of the tour, and was later interviewed by Radio Norfolk saying she was surprised to find HM exactly the…