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Remembering ISTEL

ISTEL Loses Its Crown
An era drew to an end on August 3 when time was called at the town's oldest public house.
The Crown, opposite Grosvenor House in Redditch. The pub is to be demolished and a new
Crown built on the same site.

A place of solace and source of inspiration for many an ISTEL employee. The Crown was
famous for its complete lack of modern, sterile interior styling. In fact its carefully
preserved non-tech atmosphere made it a popular afterhours watering hole for Grosvenor
people. Its situation a mere road's width away may also have been an attraction.

The pub, which had survived previous attempts to have it removed, is now being
demolished in what one tearful onlooker
described as an act of corporate vandalism. "At least they'll knock
it down before it falls down" he said.

At a final-night ceremony, Mike Bailey of ISTEL presented landlady Jessie Munroe with a
glass bell as a token of our appreciation for her years of ever-friendly forbearance.

ISTEL Tag Line?
Officially ‘In Systems The Established Leader’ was not an official tag line but some in the
company said it stood for "I Stand To Earn Less!"

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