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Phil Henry and Eva Day.

Far left of the picture is Peter Capon with Chris Noyes next to him, on the right in the front is Frank Seiber.

The girl on the left of picture is Anne Wade, in the light dress is Beryl Underwood and the guy with the top hat is John Zurowaski--All three worked in the bindery at Love Lane.

Anne Wade, with someone else. The girl in the background is Brenda Burford.

Elaine Morrist with her boyfriend Clyde. Elaine, who worked in the bindery, was the sister of Ken in the machine room. She and Clyde later married.

Ivy Epps and Terri Gates (with the hat). Terri was the wife of Bill Gates and Mother of Will, she worked in the canteen.---. See Memories Page

Can anyone name these two?

At the front:- Olga Templeman on the left and Brenda Burford on the right.

Newspaper cutting of the presentation of the cheque for charity. Les Robotham who was Composing Room Overseer and Chairman of the Staples Printers Social Club, is presenting a cheque for two hundred pounds, (a big sum then) to the Mayor. The proceeds of when Staples played the Entertainers Eleven at a football match at the Chatham Football Club ground. Alan Luckhurst designed a brilliant programme cover -- made up of type characters into a picture.-- Carol Dilworth undertook the token kick- off. (See the programme on page17.)

The original 'Docutech Department' guide to the colours of the cards that were loaded on to the printing machine slots on the production office boards--.Co-ordinators would select the required colour, trim it to size and load it, to show the number of hours required on the press at the Medway City Estate works. These colours denoted how the printed jobs would be handled in the bindery. British Rate and Data, (BRAD), was such a large and quick turnaround job that it had its own colour. We managed to secure this huge job at Staples, because as ex machine room manager, I came up with a unique way of printing and binding it that allowed us to beat our competitors. G Curtis

Open at the finish. The MPG Calendar-- Was it all over on 23rd Jan or 30th Jan?-------------- Courtesy Jay Curtis

Still in existance--- one of the original 'black bags' It was originated by the Production Office co-ordinators Laurie Blake and John Britt. A black bag was only allowed to carry actual camera ready copy.-------- Courtesy of Jay Curtis.

One of the original ISO Manuals still in existance. Courtesy of Terry Cooper.

Jay Curtis with the original fire instruction notice that hung in Love Lane reception.----See Memories Page on how he came to have it.

The Service Board again showing J Jeffery and K Jeffery. Taken from the Staples Printing Group Diary April 1973 p15. Original copy supplied by Mrs Audrey Jeffery, Sister in Law of Ken.

Cover of the Diary 1973. Copy supplied by Audrey Jeffrey.

From the Diary April 1973- The Stanhope Press pages. Copy supplied by Audrey Jeffery.

More from the Diary April 1973. Copy supplied by Audrey Jeffery.

5 a side football team. Left of the picture is Steve Howard, in the middle is Peter Bucknall, next to him is Peter Fogarty in the 'v' neck, (see the Coopers Arms 'ghost' item on page 3 to find out where he went), but who are the other two?

1993 --The last full day of Ken Jeffery's work at Staples.This is how he dressed to go to work for that last day. He said it was the 'casual look'.

When they saw Ken, Lyn Glover on Reception said 'Blimey' and Nobby Howes laughed. Behind Nobby is Angela Petley and Steve McEwan. Also Kit Goodhew pretending not to notice.

Top-- Mick Wood, left of picture, Barry Cummins and Ken Warren see Ken arrive. Below-- Ian Lachowitz, Ron Honess and Nobby havent seen him yet.

So Ken got to his desk for the last time-----

Showing the next day, the cutting from the local newspaper above------------and for that leaving day, Ken came in to work to go to lunch with, from left to right of picture, Eileen Joiner, Wife Freda, M.D. Paul Dixon, Nobby Howes and Tony Styles. Fortunately he wore much more suitable attire.