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Remembering ISTEL

Pat Morgan
Wendy Noke oh I’d completely forgotten the old Crown over the road ! Thanks

for the reminder

Dave Handley

What really surprises me is the lack of BL cars in the car park . This seems

unusual as if this was not taken in the Istel days - prior to that it was a BL
Marketing HQ . I can only see one BMC 1100 and one E type Jag , other than

that the car park seems to have Fords or Vauxhalls. Most strange.

Neil Gowling

Sat on the other side on ground floor by window overlooking the bridge……

seeing many vehicles get stuck!!
In the office with: Steve Quigley, Rodney Davis, Paul Brazier, Diane Martin,

Pauline Ingleby, Sam Dee and I think Mandy was also at Grosvenor House.

Martin Parry

4th floor long wing

Steve Ault
Top floor - extreme right hand corner working for Rover Services under John

Maher and Pete Hopkins

Phil Coathup

I think I can see John Spencer in the First Floor Stationary cupboard (by the

lifts) not handing out Sellotape a Christmas and asking people to show him your
pencil stub before allowing a new one…

Neil Gowling

Cov point was far better of course

Graham Rainbow
Love this photo, my desks were mostly on the ring road side of the 2nd and 3rd

floors, long wings, from 1980-86, and then sporadically until 1999. The intent

was always to obtain a window seat, in order to have fresh air to counter the

cigarette smoke filled office, until, thankfully, smoking was discouraged at

desks. I recall the RJE room, manuals cupboard and terminal room that

occupied 2nd floor short wing. I think I only ever ventured up to the revered 5th
floor on a couple of occasions, the view to Longbridge was fantastic.

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