Spring 2013 - the P&G Associates Website

IN THIS ISSUEFeatures14 September Sunshine15 175 Years of P&G16 Fifty Years of Leightons and Robsonsat LongbentonAssociate Scheme3 South East Region6 North East Region10 North West Region11 Bournemouth Region12 London Plant RegionRegulars9 Books I LikeInformation2 In Memoriam10 New Associates16 Copy Date16 Useful ContactsFront Cover PictureAn Antony Gormley statue in the cryptof Winchester cathedral. See page 4.IN MEMORIAMWilliam Thomas Kerry, Manchester Plant (retired 1986),on 20th September.Vivien Irving, Longbenton (retired 1981), on 30thSeptember 2012.Phyllis Scott, widow of the late George Scott,Longbenton and USA, on 20th October 2012.Rita Cowey, widow of the late Ted Cowey, on 21stOctober 2012.Alicia French, wife of Colin French, Gosforth, on 14thNovember 2012.Alan Francis Brown, Longbenton (retired 1994), on 18thNovember 2012.Michael Garbett, Wakefield Plant (retired 2000), on 21stNovember 2012.Erenest Herd, Manchester Plant (retired 1985), on 23rdNovember 2012.Desmond Thomas Malpass, (retired 1987), on 24thNovember 2012.Edward Alan Cooper, London Plant (retired 1988), on26th November 2012.Peter Vallely, (retired 1981), on 28th November 2012.Dianne Fuller, Egham (retired 2000), on 1st December2012.Pauline Robertson, Cobalt Park (retired 2000), on 7thDecember 2012.Peter John Elkington, Havant (retired 2001), on 13thDecember 2012.Ethel Gladders Alderson, (retired 1981), on 15thDecember 2012.Patricia Ingram, Bournemouth (retired 1992), on 17thDecember 2012.Arthur Pickess, London Plant (retired 1985), on 18thDecember 2012.Grace Wilson, widow of the late Ray Wilson, EngineeringDivision Newcastle on Tyne, on 25th December 2012.Graeme Burge, Advertising, Gosforth (retired 1988), on26th December 2012.Margaret Deverell, London Plant (retired 1989), on 2ndJanuary 2013.Ken Hammond, Sales Dept. Gosforth (retired 1985), on4th January 2013.Peter Dickson, London Plant (retired 1986), on 19thJanuary 2013.Ron Balmbra, Longbenton (retired 1994), on 27thJanuary 2013.Ellen Smith, (retired 1998) on 30th January 2013.Dawn Grey, Shulton Works, Seaton Delaval (retired1997), on 30th January 2013.(We apologise for the late inclusion of some of theseAssociates following the changeover by P&G to a newcontractor for the outsourced management of thePensions Department. Editor.)2 | The Associate