Hi Reg, Not much happening on the Edinburgh front, Eddie Hendry and I are still golfing but we have heard nothing for some time from Norrie Veitch and another Edinburgh colleague Derek Jackson has joined our Golf Club, Derek was in the Bookshop. I still see Gordon Campbell occasionally usually at our local Flower Show…
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3 May 2018 – From Les Birch
Dear Reg, I was on the point of writing to you to express my sorrow at the passing of dear John Westwood with whom I had a good working relationship during my spell as ADP1 in the 60s. At one stage however I became rather impatient at the time that some items were taking to…
19 April 2018 – From Bob Allder
Hi Reg, If you would be so kind as to post the details of our Annual Lunch on the HMSOldies website I would be most obliged. With kind regards, Bob Allder 020 8597 5360 07593 811397
18 April 2018 – From Nodge Carnegie
Dear Reg, Regarding John Westwood’s obituary it occurred to me that we made no mention of his love of music. It’s not something that might spring to mind as one of his interests, in view of his increasing deafness with the passing of the years. The reason I mention it is that he and I…
17 April 2018 – From John Hughes
Regarding the John Westwood obituary. Sad news, but he obviously had a good life. There were times when he could be a little trying I know, but he was a man of great integrity and as others have noted, what went on behind closed doors on our behalf in GD I suppose we’ll never know.…
11 April 2018 – From John Nash
Good Evening Reg, Well done to the chaps for getting HMSOldies up and running again. I know you had been providing some of the info in an alternative way but a number of us really preferred the original format and pleased to see its return. Re the Obits I was very sorry to learn about…
9 April 2018 – From Gavin Turner
Hi Reg, I know that the number of HMSO early music enthusiasts is pretty small; but this time my concert is more accessible for most people being in the centre of Norwich. With a budget of around £10,000 I need to pack the Cathedral if I am not to go bust! Below is the poster,…
Bryan Thomas Blackmore 1933-2018
We were sad to receive this note from Brian’s son Roger on 2 April 2018: ‘It is with sadness and regret that I have to notify you that my father died, peacefully at home, on the morning of 1 April. The cancer that he had fought for so long got the better of him. It…
Frederick George Lawn 1939-2018
Sad to see, in the Norwich Evening News dated 31 March 2018, that George has died. Funeral arrangements can be found here. George joined the Computer Services Division of HMSO Norwich as an Executive Officer in November 1967 and transferred to CCTA upon formation.
Tom Johnson 1932-2018
Robin Kelly alerted us to this notice in the Eastern Daily Press: Tom was appointed Departmental Safety Advisor to HMSO in the 1970s, and subsequently left to join CSMA/Britannia Rescue and allied organisations. There is a full appreciation in the Avro Trade Magazine.