Shed stones raise pounds. That was the idea that Hemel's Charlotte Harber (nee Withey, then wife of Martin Harber) and Gill Glover came up with when they suggested that their male colleagues start a sponsored slim. And after weighing in last month, the foursome notched up a total loss of 40.5 pounds and a gain of £57.50
"The money was raised for Befriending Parents," says Tony Smart, from central technical support at Hemel Hemptead. Tony sits on the steering committee for Befriending Parents, which was set up in November 1981 to give help and assistance to parents with handicapped children.
Hemel's Sister Pereira suggested a diet of 1,000 calories a day for the foursome and gave them helpful information about weight watching and sensible eating.
Keeping watch on the pounds, our picture shows Charlotte Harber, and from the left, Brian Spencer, Derek Morris, Tony Smart (on the scales) and Steve Emmett.
Missing from the picture is Tony's wife Maureen Smart and Pauline Bonfield, who also work at Hemel and who later joined in the sponsored slim to boost the funds.
Taken from BP Oil News - May 1983
Wonderful stuff, David!
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Joined Systems in Feb 1981, working in Terminal Automation for John Maher, Alan Fowler & Ron Cowie on Datapoints.
Finally rolled over and left in Jasnuary 2005, (never made 25 years!), after ISP support got outsourced to India, and IT in Hemel really was all but dead.
I was never based at anywhere but Hemel, despite suggestions I might like Victoria Street or even Hamburg, (I didn't!...)
I still meet regularly with a bunch of the guys, (and a gal), all withconsiderably more history there than I had - I did just last night in fact, where many of the names in your blog came up in conversation, including the recently departed Jim Hitchen.
Keep it up!
Alan
Message to "Alan" who added the comment above - can you identify yourself please? Thanks - David
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