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…
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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…
17 April 2023 – From Richard Nelson
Richard Nelson adds new material 17 August 2023. Hello Reg, A couple of happy things turned up in my “memories folder” from my time with HMSO and TSO. Almost at the start of my HMSO employment in 1978, in the St Crispins studio I am proudly sporting the paper star award for I know not…
30 May 2023 – From Brian Cockram
Hi Reg, Last Thursday, 25 May, six HMSO old boys took themselves off to the delights of Lowestoft by train. A gloriously sunny if breezy day. Our days of paddling and sand castle building are sadly passed (no grandchildren in tow). Instead we had a stroll along the promenade to the Hatfield Hotel where we…
9 June 2023 – Bob Barnard at Ninety
I expect you already have this in hand but some further good news for HMSOldies is the fact that Bob Barnard celebrated his 90th birthday on 30th May 2023, with events in Cambridge and Norwich. Bob and Valerie were both in good form and entertained groups of bridge players, walkers, and former colleagues, plus family. It…
10 Jul 2023 – From Norma Groom
Hi Reg, I hope everyone is well. We are both OK but it’s very cold here. Durban has had thick snow which, thank God, has not hit us at Cape Town. We have never, in the 24 years we have been here, known it to be such a cold miserable winter. What is happening in the UK…
28 June 2023 – HMSO Supplies Machinery Reunion Lunch
Good to see the smiling faces around the table at The Cote Brasserie, in Norwich, for a sociable lunch. Round the table, from left to right, Mike Betts, Reg Walker (does he ever take that hat off?), Rita Tuttle, the self-effacing Jane Burgis, Helen George, Sue Whitaker and Rod Durkin. Much scandal was discussed, but…
27 June 2023 – Reunion of HMSO Manchester Press
Hello Reg, After the pandemic interruption, it was good to reassemble some of the notable members of the HMSO Press and Reprographic Unit management team again. We haven’t changed that much but, to clear up any confusion, the cast list reads, from left to right, Alex Mackie, Tom McNeill, Jim Richardson, Ross Richardson and Margaret…
Joseph Charters Burns 1936–2023
John Hughes informed us of the sad news that Joe died, 1 August 2023. He’d suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for some time and was in Woodside Care Home and died of further complications. Joe was born on 22 March 1936 in Cumbria and proud of his Lake District roots. He trained at the Carlisle College…