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E-mail from Sue Cooper has more missing names:- Norma Jeffreys and Monica? (supervisor - father had the uniform shop in Cedar Square), Bernie Hindle .
Phone call with Betty Swann to advise of the reunion and to seek out more photographs.
Email from Sue Ogden advising she has a set of photos for the website and has contacted Linda Robinson.Dorothy Campbell, Pat Fenton and Sue Dean.
Had meeting with Judy to collect a splendid set of photographs sent in by Susan Ogden. Warning on packet requests me to guard with my life!
New person found Hilary Masters - Joan Formbys niece
Latest Reunion E-mail newsletter sent out.
Phone call with Sheila Ward to get e-mail address.
E-mail from John Carter giving names to the it's a knock out photo. Annecdote from John about the event:-
If you find a photo of Tweedledum or dee I'm in one of the suits (the blue one) The suits were on loan from the BBC program It's A Knockout. I was in the suit at the entrance chatting up the lady punters ( it's amazing what you can get away with dressed like that) when Jen ( wife) and my son of approx. 18months rolled up, he thought it was great fun until I spoke. He immediately started screaming, he thought I'd been eaten. A little later a group of sea cadets came along and started taking the mickey, must've been something I said because next thing I new they were rolling me along the perimeter footpath.!!
New name from Penny - Jane Frost
Phone call from Dorothy Campbell -
She wishes to be added to the lsit of names, sadly confirms Renee Bailey as a Rose and advises that she has contacted Janet Vickers.
A set of photographs have been promised ! Dorothy has also found herself in one of Sue Tandys photo's.
Excellent news! typing 'Blackpool Telephonists' into GOOGLE or yahoo.co.uk gives this website as number one listing!
E-mail from Kath Nuttall promising to look for photographs - following comment from Kath an ammendment to booking form adding to whom cheques should be made payable.
New name Anne Smith (later Mather) aded to website and contacted face to face.
Telephone call to Leslie Arrandale to advise of website and Reunion.
E-mail from Maria Zavallis promising photographs!
New contact Linda Lyons - turns out to be Linda Robinson as well! Marked as contacted on website and added to the e-mail list!
New photos from Susan Ogden added to the website - these are first eight of 23.
Tickets created and sent out to those who have paid.
Conversation with Gazette confirmes we are going to be featured Tuesday 26th June
Conversation with Sandra Hughes reveals list of attendees all definite
Sandra Eden found!
Judy finds Norma Wheatley and Dawn Nutton
Martin finds Kath Moody - who finds Glenda ! Kath Walker e-mails in Beryl Salmon new Rose
Late chnage of plan from Evening Gazette who will hold our Reunion back for 7 days to enable it to be included with an item about the 70th Annivesary of the 999 service.
Martin recieves an e-mail from former night Operator Paul Ash.
New e-mail list member Val Davies who adds two new names to the list Susan Berry (started 14 June 1974!) and Betty Mort (supervisor).
Sandra Axon gives missing nameCathy Powell
Excellent article in The Evening Gazette gives details about the Reunion and 70 years of the 999 service.
Sue Statham found
New set of photos from Sue Ogden Published on Photo Page.
Photo Page completeley reindexed as requested to avoid confusion.
Millions of names added to both day and night lists.
Ticket sales going very well.
More Photos arrived for putting on the website.
Glenda Wood Photo placed on the website.
New names added to the day list.
Correspondence and more Its a Knockout Photos from Steve Bywater :-
Melanie Judy and Martin,
News of your reunion has reached me here in Cardiff (I was extradited to
South Wales in 1990). I have looked with interest at the photos on the
website realising that I am actually on one of them. That prompted me to
search out these old photos of the 'It's a Knockout' competition on Stanley
Park. It was so long ago that they are in black & white.
Neither of my
grandchildren could pick me out so I wonder just what the others look like
now?
I started on the GPO (which became Post Office Telephones & then BT) as an
apprentice in 1967. When I qualified in 1970 I joined Exchange Construction
with Les Lee, Tommy Cass, Ken Martin, Jim Ford, Pete Brown, Mick Alexandros,
John Burtonwood, John Carter etc etc based on Edward Street. In 1981 I took
Ray Clarke's job with the Radio Interference Service (with Alan Clayton &
Brian Philips) based on Moor Lane in Preston. I covered most of Lancashire
& Cumbria. When BT privatised in !984 the Service transferred into the
Department of Trade & Industry, ultimately becoming the Radiocommunications
Agency. In 1990 I took promotion as manager for Wales & moved to Cardiff.
In 2003 five Regulators came together to form the Office of Communications,
Ofcom. I took on the responsibility for both Scotland & Northern Ireland
becoming Manager of Spectrum Operations, Nations. In June 2006, following a
'review' I was made redundant and haven't looked back (or for work for that
matter) since. I'm 57 now & worked for almost 40 years, I'm enjoying doing
what I want to do for a change.
Have a great night in November.
All the best to everyone who remembers me.
Steve Bywater
PS - Ignore what John Carter says about being in a Tweedledum/Dee suit, he
really looked like that, we just painted him blue?
Final set of Sue Ogden Photo's placed on the website.
Set of Steve Bywater POETS Photos placed on the website.
Elaine Cryer, Betty Gough ,Betty Crouch and Hazel Williams for the day list. Betty Kelly should be added as a 'rose'. For the nights list John Peacock. placed on the website.
APB put out for Kath Fenton Nee Ward sought by Trish in New Zealand.
An amazing set of photos put on the website.
APB gets a rapid result and Kath Fenton Nee Ward comes forward to be put back in touch with Trish in New Zealand.
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