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• 23 May 2005 — From Bob Barnard
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• Somewhere in Flanders: Stuart McLaren launches first book
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• 11 June 2005 — HMSO Roll of Honour by Stuart McLaren
• 25 June 2005 — Ken Gooderham
• 1 July 2005 — Harry Todd
• June 2005 — Social Diary

17 May 2005 — HMSO Replaced by New Body Shock! The Daily Mail dated Tuesday 17 May carried the dramatic headline on page 10 ‘Now the republican tendency march into the stationery office.’ It went on ‘Labour was accused of treating Britain’s royal heritage with contempt last night as it replaced Her Majesty’s Stationery Office with a new body. Ministers tore up 219 years of tradition by downgrading HMSO into a subordinate of the newly-created Office of Public Sector Information . . . critics claimed the move was another example of New Labour’s creeping republicanism . . . the Cabinet Office said that HMSO will ‘continue to exist’ but it will be reduced to performing core activities, such as publishing Bills and managing Crown copyright. The downgrade was underlined by the decision to appoint HMSO’s boss, Carol Tullo, as the director of the new body.’ We can’t remember all this fuss in the Daily Mail in 1996 . . . Stop Press. Those of you sent into a panic by the article above may be relieved to know that Carol Tullo, Queen’s Printer, HMSO, wrote to the Daily Mail on 20 May 2005 as follows: ‘Her Majesty’s Stationery Office isn’t being downgraded by the formation of the Office of Public Sector Information. HMSO continues in its traditional role while OPSI takes on a new remit to help release the commercial potential in public sector information. We conducted public consultation on the proposal and Buckingham Palace gave its approval. There is no question of HMSO being abolished.’ 23 May 2005 — From Bob Barnard You wanted to know about meetings with ex HMSO staff so you may be interested to know about some informal get-togethers. Valerie and I keep in regular touch with Sid Brooks and Kay Griffiths (Kay left Pubns for the Dept of Employment with Maud Rix as neither wished to relocate to Norwich). We are meeting them for lunch at the Civil Service Club next week. We met on 4 May. I saw Paddy Epstein and his wife Rose (Neilson) recently. Paddy will be remembered most as the Cashier at Atlantic House but I first knew him in the Costings Section at Shepherdess Walk in 1951. He will be 89, or maybe 90, in October and is more frail than when I last saw him several years ago. Mentally he is still quite alert and his usual argumentative self. Within the last few years he has been to Cuba several times, to China and more recently, Paris. Rose was a supervisor in charge of the Photostat and Mircofilm Sections at Shepherdess Walk until the move to Basildon when she took charge of the London Rep Unit under Alec Gravatt, at Cornwall House. She is now over 90 and although suffers a number of health problems is still quite remarkable for her age. Paddy heard from Fred (Eric) Brent, formerly P2, before he left HMSO to join the Society of Civil Servants to say that Frank Wright (ex Finance Divn) had died. Paddy, Eric and Frank used to go skiing together. I introduced Paddy to skiing in Norway and he continued to ski well into his 80s. Paddy and Rose share a house in London with Rose’s sister, Lil (Bowen Powis) previously an Assistant Supervisor in the Reading Section of D and D Division at Bainbridge Street and then Bunhill Row before she was promoted to CO and worked in S3D under Norman Parker. I also hear from Barbara Widdocks Con 5A (how many remember Contracts Division?). She was transferred to the Crown Agents in the 1970s. Barbara sees Joan Organ (ex Pubns) regularly. I hear from Ivor Annetts too, who has recently retired from fund raising for the Salvation Army. He now lives in Verwood in Dorset. I shall write to him shortly to give him details of the web site. I see Peter Wall in Waitrose from time to time. His wife has had major heart surgery and has had to take medical retirement from the old Dept of Employment. We also hear from Betty Coleman (ex Welfare) and Connie Ralph ex Pubns (P6A?) each Christmas. Meeting of ex HMSO Finance Division staff, Mon 6 June 2005 The next in a series of evening social meetings is to be held in The Glasshouse, Magdalen Street, at 2030 hours on Monday 6 June. In attendance, among others, will be Linda Lenton, Judy Sherwood, Viv Jones, Katherine Marley, Alf Wiggins, Derek Carter, Ian Billings. All old Financiers welcome — there is no agenda, and ‘you can leave your calculators at home.’ 28 May 2005 — News from Belfast A well-received note from Brian Watt (HMSO Belfast Print, 1976-1999 and (the last?) Editor of SO Review 1984-86). He writes: ‘I was just reading up on the ICs — perhaps you would like to include something from Belfast? Banner, formerly Supplies Section, is still operational (managed by Fiona Gunning) and is based at the Old Gasworks site. Make up your own jokes and comments please. The old Print Procurement bunch meet every year shortly after Christmas for a meal and a chat. Jim Martin is still complaining, Michael Hughes has moved to tSO Books, just around the corner. Larry Gould is still trying to get his handicap below 30 (only joking), George Taggart is now employed (I purposely did not use the word ‘working’) in the NI Housing Executive and Jackie Purdy is in the NI Civil Service in DSS (as is Peter McAuley. On a personal note, I was employed for a while by Universities Press (where Willie Smith is currently working as a Rep.) but is starting a job in Belfast City Council in June. I am also keeping the remaining brain cells working by studying Spanish, and have just passed my GCSE in the subject. ‘Elaine Moody was working in a local call centre, and is now expecting her second child. I believe the two facts are unconnected. For any old-timers, Walter Roberts has finally retired from his ‘wedding service’ business. John Straghan is working in the NI Civil Service. I met Dan Connor in a restaurant where I was tinkling the ivories recently. He was working as a Director in a conference centre but has now retired. Michael Blair was at another event where I was playing piano — his health was not to good but he was in his usual good spirits. I have not come across Norman Armstrong or Maura Fitzpatrick. Johnny Belshaw is currently working in Halifax Building Society, just around the corner from Banner. He is in an office full of lovely girls. ‘Died and gone to heaven’ comes to mind. ‘The big news in Belfast was the demolition of IDB House, the home of Belfast RO. What was a fairly large six-storey building is now a fairly large hole in the ground. This time it was demolished by legal means after a few attempts by the IRA had failed.’ May 2005 — Social Diary A quick walk around the streets early on, and all the usual suspects doing their rounds. Plus Penny Poole, Sheila Blowers, Jitu Raithatha on their way to work; Ray Fox, Cynthia Kerry, Keith Riley, Alex Birks, Alison Upton, Debbie Matthews, Keith Champ, Ian Maunders, Christine Hawthorn, Ian Hatfield, Jim Houston, Alison Womack, Alex Smith, Neil Storey, Dave Ruffles, Dick Laundy on their way to somewhere else (Dave and Dick in Wymondham — is there no distance we won’t travel to spot A-list celebrities? We also employ ‘stringers’ — Rod Durkin recently saw Maureen Wickham (Maureen Riley to those who remember her working with Maureen Whitehorn in the Cornwall House Registry) at the Theatre Royal. And an anonymous correspondent encountered Frank Hallet back in London for a spell A note from Roy Plackett, recently returned with a party of eleven from Dublin (proudly proclaimed, as a result of a survey in the Irish Independent, ‘the world’s second most expensive place to visit’ (after Norway, since you ask). He writes as follows: Featured in a picture taken after an intrepid boat trip (not in Ireland — too expensive) with some just making it back to dry land are Eric Davie (ex CCTA) Peter Bradbury (ex Tubby Isaacs’ Winkle Stall), Allan Reid (excellent cricketer) Glyn Jones (exiled from Cardiff) Roy Plackett (ex certificate) Cecil H Hughes (excellent head of hair) Jack Sayers (reluctant millionaire) and Tom Smith (even more reluctant self-proclaimed Pauper of Poringland). Out of frame: Roy Marchant (in the brig) and Paul Cornelius (taking the p-p-p-picture). The day after the General and Local Elections, where Sue Whitaker was successful for Labour and Susan Curran less so for the Green Party, a day in London encountered old customers (Roger Pudner, Land Registry, Dave Stoten, lately Land Registry Rep Manager) and Suppliers (Jack Costelloe, Schleicher, and Bernard Johnson, ex AM and about to retire from Toshiba). Then an email from new grandparents Gloria and John Flynn (John joined HMSO in 1966, working mainly in Audit and Supplies). They write: ‘Just back from America . . . LA and the Grand Canyon are a must but if you want a real taste of life in America, visit Kentucky and Louisville. Famed for the Louisville Lip, Fort Knox (free samples available 31 April each year) and Bourbon, including Woodford’s Distillery (Mike Betts to note). The motto for the Kentucky Derby is ‘Famous for Fast Women and Beautiful Horses’ or some such. The Derby is on 6 May and is the biggest event of the year with an airshow and fireworks over the Ohio River. As with most of US, the car rules the freeways, expressways, ringroads and bypasses. Few people can be seen walking the streets in the suburbs, although all of the many malls are busy. Everyone is polite, including drivers and shoppers, who say ‘excuse me’ if they think they might be in your way. There is plenty to do and to see — countryside, shooting, museums and history. There is a casino over the border in Indiana. It is on a stationary river boat which is sometimes moved a few feet to satisfy state laws requiring gambling to be carried out on the move. The State is happy to rake in a few million dollars in taxes. We managed to make a few dollars on the 50 cent machines. Have a nice day.’ Philip Marriage exchanged emails with his old Graphic Design boss John Westwood and received the following reply from John’s trusty Amstrad machine: ‘My goodness, did you have to keyboard all of those emails re HMSOldies yourself, to get them to that lazy old so-and-so at Goring? . . . Five minutes’ walk from here, Goring Library could introduce me to http://www and all that jazz, so I really ought to stop my bookbinding and Meccano activities, so as to save you the trouble! Must awa the noo, the Morris Dancers are performing shortly at Goring Lock on our beautiful Thames here . . . Regards.’ My meanderings through the pile of old SO Reviews occasionally produce some examples of what would have been Social diaries from the Sixties and Seventies. Atlantic House Gossip from December 1969 starts with the words ‘Congratulations to Mr Robert Stutely among the first five students to be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Printing Technology. His thesis was called ‘Computer Assisted Mathematical Composition.’ (I’m going away soon — wonder if Robert has a copy to spare — sounds like ideal beach reading). Also: ‘Mr Alan Lusher and Mr Phillip Brooks have both passed the written part of the limited EO examination, have been interviewed, and are anxiously awaiting results.’ Does anyone know what happened to Mr Lusher? I seem to recall that Mr Brooks finished up in Publications with a job where he twiddled his thumbs and wondered how to fill in his 10-4 day. Anyway, ‘Mr Arthur Holland has become engaged to a girl from his rambling club. The wedding is to be in Scotland in June 1970.’ The cover of the May 1970 edition featured ‘Review Cover Girl 1970’ concerning which the following edition claimed ‘had been the subject of unprecedented response.’ Who could it be? Step forward Corinne Barker (nee Lovett) who is currently still with tSO and, if I may infringe some sort of correctness law, would still grace the front cover of any magazine sold by decent newsagents. By the way, in response to dozens of questions, I can tell you that the Sovereign Club was officially opened by Deputy Controller William Donaldson on Walpurgis night — sorry, 30 April 1970. In March 1971 we learnt that Jim Stokes (Supplies Paperkeeper of happy memory — he was the last man I saw with quart bottles of Charrington’s Light Ale — joined HMSO in 1945) ‘recently fell off a bus and has been away for a long time. He is now recovering, looking extremely fit, and has put on a lot of weight.’ I think that was a good thing in pre-fast-food 1971. Under the (satirical?) heading ‘All the Nice Ones are Going’ we learned that ‘Clive Almond, formerly CRS, called in after his period of duty in Ghana and before a three year spell in Paris. Miss Irene Allen is now an HEO in Patent Office’ (she swapped, pre-dispersal, with my old friend Stan ‘We should never have left Barnet’ Adams, now sadly in a place even more heavenly than Barnet, leaving his widow Pat Adams to look after one remaining Cat in Drayton. Or was that Rat in Catton? It all gets so confusing. Anyway, Irene ‘now has a staff of 56 to control.’ Good grief, when in HMSO she worked as EO to the saintly Charlie Lloyd and had the charismatic Tommy (Edinburgh Golfer and Woolwich Granada Bingo Caller) Taylor, Gordon ‘even for a Scot I’m aggressive’ Stein, Johnny ‘even for a Scot I’m a great bloke’ Muir and Reg ‘have I died and gone to heaven, working with all these Scots?’ Walker, she still had all her sick leave and ours as well. But I am getting deeper into the sludge . . .’ Frank Francis is retired in Exeter . . . Ron Reddick played badminton for Ireland against Scotland. In June 1971 we were told that ‘with the end of the three year moratorium on transfers from Norwich in sight, we have seen several transfers of Norwich staff taking place, with a number on promotion back to London including Terry Morgan, Brian Ekers, Derek Lees, Frank Grigson, John Brunton (to Basildon — soon to be on the end of the ‘phone from David Robertson?), Andrew Baptie for Gateshead, Andy Hunter and Dave Walker for Manchester and John Latham for SSPP. Speaking of which, the Secretary of IPCS at St Stephen’s, Trevor Priddle, married Miss Judith Williams on 1 May at Hinkley Wood (well, that’s what they printed — perhaps they were using Readers from The Guardian and it was meant to be Hinchley Wood). Back to the present. Paul Radbourne bravely showed his MD our comments, and was told that ‘as a senior person at Conquest Business Media I should dress more appropriately as I looked like Rumpole of the Bailey in his younger days.’ He wants to know of any charity shops specialising in Men’s Petite sizes. He also suggests a ‘Where are they now?’ column, and wonders about the whereabouts of Mike Seppings (I can’t repeat the comment on pigs as I’m writing this before the watershed), Dee Reeve, Jill Weatherburn, Dorothy Daniell and Valerie Burling. So if any of you are reading this — watch out, he’s after you. Ann Claydon was not so lucky, but her dog saw him off. A short-cut through Norwich Cathedral grounds encountered a huge crowd involved in the worship of Mammon (how else would you describe the recording of BBC’s Antiques Roadshow? ) only relieved by the sight of the ever-youthful Stella Moore with something old and badly packaged under her arm. She told me that she had queued for two hours, only to be told that it was in quite good condition for its age, despite a couple of bits where the moth had been, but there wasn’t much call for it these days. So back on the hook in the parlour goes Dick. Stella sees the three graces (Rusty Howlett, Jean Lawrie, Carol Bullock) for lunch occasionally, and they are in good form. She has also seen Olive Monton. I also encountered the only man in Central Services willing and able to interpret some of the impenetrable Management Initiatives to the weak of will — Julian Rogers — who is now a Director himself with Astron. Norwich’s local daily newspaper, the Eastern Daily Press — often contains reference to ex HMSO people, although the appearance of Chris Southgate is less now that he is no longer Lord Mayor of Norwich, although he did make it to their coverage of the end-of-year civic reception at Norwich City Hall, as did Jeanne Southgate and Neil Hacker. Adrienne May and Norman Brooks occasionally get letters published in the paper, and Marguerite Finn is given full exposure in a column all of her own. During May, there was an interesting article on a local personality of days past — Billy Bluelight. ‘Five years of work on the Wherryman’s Way was finally unveiled to the public . . . at the launch, a statue and wind-up recording, paying tribute to Billy Bluelight, was unveiled at the Woods End pub at Bramerton by his great nephew Andrew Cullum. Mr Cullum, a Broads Authority navigation ranger, also provided the voice for his distant relative, who tells a tale from the days of the Wherries.’ So if you want to hear the voice of the man who masterminded Publications Publicity in the early 1990s, you know where to go. * * * * * Somewhere in Flanders: Stuart McLaren launches first book Stuart joined HMSO in 1987, initially in Supply and then Publications. He writes as follows: ‘My former colleagues at HMSO/tSO Publications might like to be warned to avoid the bookshops of Norfolk for a few weeks where my first book is even now disgracing the shelves, scandalously over-priced at £6.95. Mischievously entitled Somewhere in Flanders: Letters of a Norfolk Padre in the Great War, it purports to be the letters of a Norfolk curate working as an Army Chaplain on the Western Front in the First World War (see lurid cover). Reviews in the Norwich Evening News this Friday (3 June) and in the Eastern Daily Press on Saturday (4 June) will further compound this error of judgement on my part. To add insult to injury I will be blowing my own trumpet on Radio Norfolk on Sunday 19 June during ‘Maggie’s Brew’, no doubt spoiling post-Sunday lunch snoozes all over the county.’ 3 June 2005 — Civil Service Retirement Fellowship: Norwich Meetings 2005 A clarion call from Cecil H. Hughes (Chairman) to all East Anglia ex HMSO people! The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship meets on the second Monday of each month in the lounge of Doughty’s Hospital Golden Dog Lane (adjacent to St Crispins) at 10am. Members mardle, blether, chat together or just enjoy a cup of coffee for the first 15 minutes, then the speaker of the day takes over and entertains us for around the next hour. A free raffle is then drawn and prizes can be unusual or mundane. Group outings are held to places of interest during summer and a Christmas lunch is organised each year. The speaker on Monday 13 June is Neil Haverson, the well-known author of ‘Fortress H’ published each Saturday in the EDP. Come along and renew acquaintance with ex-colleagues. Non civil service friends are welcome to the meetings. Programme for the rest of the year is: 11 July ‘Experiences of a driving examiner’; 8 Aug ‘Norfolk Wild Life Trust’; 12 Sep ‘Gilbert & Sullivan’ talk & slides; 10 Oct Inter Group Quiz vs. Sprowston; 14 Nov Music & quiz from the shows; 12 Dec Christmas party. 11 June 2005 — HMSO Roll of Honour by Stuart McLaren Following the publication of my book, Somewhere in Flanders, my next project is to research and make available online details of the staff of His Majesty’s Stationery Office who lost their lives in the First World War, 1914-1918. The website ‘http://www.roll-of-honour.com/’ has kindly agreed to host this roll of honour in their Norfolk pages. I have been helped by staff at HMSO (or OPSI as it also now called) at St Clement’s House, Colegate, Norwich, who allowed me to photograph the HMSO Great War Roll of Honour brass plaque (some may remember it in the foyer of Sovereign House or, before the disbursement, in Atlantic House). I am posting my interest in this topic to HMSOldies with a list of the names on the plaque, with the hope that there may be people out there with information about these men (I assume they are all men!). Here’s the list of 35 brave souls: J. W. Aldridge, Laurence Bedworth, Percy E. Bowden, James C. Buck, John Callaghan, William Cavill, James R. Colley, Arthur L. Cross, C. F. Davies, Michael Dobbin, Percy H. Elkin, G. H. Flemming, John Ford, Henry Franklin, John Hall, William Hann, Arnold H. B. Harman, Roland H. Harris, Henry L. Harrison, William Hogan, Leonard Jamieson, Frederick T. Kennett, Charles W. Law, John Marshall, Samuel J. S. O’Connell, Arthur L. Paine, Edward Roberts, William Robinson, Alexander Salmond, Ernest Shaw, Joseph H. Sheppard, Sydney E. Silver, William C. Smith, Sydney Smith, and A. Strutt. 25 June 2005 — Ken Gooderham We were sad to hear of the death on 24 June 2005 of Ken Gooderham, who joined HMSO from the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Controller and continued to live in Norfolk with his wife Margaret and family following his retirement. Peter Macdonald adds that Ken’s funeral will take place at 1300 hours on Wednesday 6 July at St Mary’s Church, Burgh next Aylsham. Ken died following what had appeared to be a successful heart operation; any donations made will be split between the Church and Papworth Hospital. 1 July 2005 — Harry Todd We have heard the sad news that Harry Todd has died suddenly on 29 June at the age of 78. He had been fit and active, and had just completed a round of golf when he collapsed. Harry joined HMSO in 1952, and progressed through the ranks of Technical Services until his retirement. June 2005 — Social Diary Spring is here, the schools are out but the sun is in, and it’s raining. A good time to stay close to home, and so many did, with emails from Gerry Aldus, Stuart McLaren, Jack Palmer and a telephone call from Jim Richardson (from whom we have been promised a ‘Note from Manchester’ upon his return from Canada). Ernie White made it out for a breather, and found it in the only tobacconist left in Norwich. Bill Fisher, no longer with Work Study, was just studying those going to work. Good to see Sue and Colin Ticktum out for a Sunday walk in the occasional sun, and David Fullman inspecting the produce at the Farmers’ Market. In Cromer, on the hottest day of the year thus far, Geoff Dickinson was espied getting into his green Volvo. Our Ring Road correspondent espied Harry Currie in the B&Q Garden Centre. He should have been in Cooke’s buying new strings for his Fender: surely he is wielding his plectrum in this Ban Aids or whatever they’re calling it this time? Robin Nash is also still around Norwich, as are Tony Ivett, Tony Gamble, Jack Keating, Brian Whitefield, Steve Johnson, all spotted on the same morning in Norwich. And Alan Marrs, who tells me that he recently enjoyed lunch with Cecil Hughes, Ruth Vivian and Bill Ford, who was on a rare visit from his home in Kelso to celebrate his 80th birthday. I remember him as a young Training Officer . . . Penny Mitchell joined HMSO in 1975 and worked as Personal Secretary to Tony Gummett and George Gordon, among others in Britannia House. She tells me that she is currently working in HM Revenue and Customs and is looking forward to retirement in two years’ time. The trouble with taking a week far away from the homeland is that you are unlikely to spot many ex HMSO people. However, I did see the butcher from Wymondham (no, not him — a real butcher — one of the best in the county, noted for ham, pork cheese, and quality joints. And no, I don’t get free dripping for the advert) and the man who used to buy his newspaper at the same time as me from Alan Taylor’s shop. Fascinating, or what? More fascinating is the news reported in the Eastern Daily Press dated Saturday 11 June under the heading ‘Local Honours’ (remember the day off we used to have in June for HMQ’s Official Birthday?). ‘Jill Ward has been made an MBE for her services to the public sector. The 54 year-old (these journalists have no respect for a lady’s privacy ) who lives at Brundall has been a personal assistant in the offshore division of the Health and Safety Executive in Norfolk for the last seven years.’ She also worked in HMSO for some 25 years — possibly a year or two more than her husband Brian Ward, who presumably takes the title CMBEATL (Companion to the Member of the British Empire Awa’The Lads). Sorry, I don’t get to hear much Newcastle patois since Sir Jackie Milburn stopped doing those Brown Ale advertisements. Or am I thinking of Vic Reeves and the Man with the Stick?). Some people can’t keep away from the media — the EDP carried a picture a newly coiffured Mick Hardy with the words ‘ . . . both the Conservative and Labour groups at Norfolk County Council are looking for political assistants . . . Labour’s Mick Hardy steps down at the end of September . . . job adverts for the £25,000 a year posts are expected shortly. Mr Hardy’s departure could pave the way for his partner, Lakenham Councillor Sue Whitaker to stand as group leader . . . many people feel that Ms Whitaker would have been the best person to take over from Celia Cameron, who stood down at the election, but Council rules bar people from working for their partners. Trevor Wainwright, Labour Party deputy leader, said ‘we are obviously disappointed to lose Mick . . . he has been a great asset to the party over the past few years.’ In the same edition, Colin Harris gets a mention in his capacity as Chairman of Dereham Operatic Society. They are producing a musical version of The Scarlet Pimpernel and tickets can be obtained from ‘http://www.dosoc.co.uk/’. Later in the month, a nice piece in the Norwich Evening News celebrating the diamond wedding of Ron Smyth DFC and his wife Pauline. Ron joined HMSO in 1937 and was promoted HEO in 1961. He moved from Surrey to Norwich in 1968, subsequently transferring to CCTA. During the war he became a flight lieutenant and flew Hurricanes with 111 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, and spent time in Gibraltar My contacts at the local smoking emporium were shocked to see the fire which engulfed Ye Olde Tobacco Shoppe in Great Yarmouth tobacconist (about the only shop unchanged in Regent Road), and any resident of Brooke must have been alarmed at the eruption of a house in a quiet back street. The heat, my dear, the people! Thank heaven the nights are drawing in . . . but then, in a certain back garden off Unthank Road, both Gerry Lucioli and Alan Hynes holding court (‘trust me, I’m a printer’) then Cecil Hedley Hughes in good form on his way out of the only hardware shop left in this once proud City, now given over to the moneymen with their so-called supermarkets, mobile telephone emporia, coffee shops, fast food outlets, bland alcopop pubs, cheap gambling parlours — and — and — sorry, that was meant for my Morning Star column. If I don’t get some response to all this waffle things will only get worse. So where was I sitting when, through a glass darkly (how else would you see anyone through a pint of Guinness?) I spotted, in order of crossing St Andrews, Trevor Harris, Steve Walmsley, Barry Harper, Neil Brooksby, Pauline White, Marian Maxwell, Nick Garde, Shergar, Jeanne Southgate, Alan Cole, Vince Fitzgibbon, Del Styan, Eric Pointer, Steve Ward, Robin Kelly. And there was talk of Mike Seppings (doing well in Reepham — back to school so that he can learn to spell ‘Wastepaper sacks’ ‘Park Royal’ and ‘Enough Rubbish Jobs.’), Danny Burns, Rodney Wade (sorry I couldn’t help with the cases on Thorpe Station lads — the hands were full of essential supplies); Steve Shingles walking past the station, and word of James P Wilson having celebrated the marriage of his son in advance with British Rail champagne (or was it Scotch Mist?). 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