This cutting of Peter Twiss’s obituary in the Times, 2nd September 2011, was pass on by John Tompkins.
If the wording is difficult to read, keep clicking on the image, it should enlarge enough to be readable.
History of Fairey Surveys Ltd
However long ago you worked for Fairey Surveys, if you paid into their pension scheme you may well be eligible for a pension, even if it’s tiny. If you think you may be eligible, or have forgotten whether you contributed or not, you can get in touch with the pension administrators, contact details below:
The Pearson Group Pension Plan
Pearson Services Ltd
80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL
Telephone: +44 20 7010 2424
Email: pensions.helpline@pearson.com
From Colin Price we have a set of photos posed for an advertisement (anyone recognise it?), a picture from a Kodak shoot (complete with guns) circa 1988, and a shot of the Clyde MD signing an important contract or sale document. Colin also sent in some beautiful oblique photos of Windsor Castle. Click on the thumbnail photograph to see the full version.
It is with great sadness that we have to report that Roy Macdonald died on 14th February 2013.
Maureen Groves, Roy’s daughter, emailed John Tompkins with the information, and a request that the information be distributed to all his friends from Fairey Surveys. The family hope that some of them will be able to make the journey to Bangor to join them in celebrating his long and happy life. John is sending a card to Flora on behalf of all friends from FSL.
There is a video about Roy on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com). Search for ‘Roy Macdonald – the first 90 years’. It was uploaded on 6th August 2010, so we presume that Roy was 92 when he died last Friday.
Attached are details of the service to celebrate his life, for those who would like to attend.
Roy Macdonald – Announcement Card
We would be really happy to upload any pictures, information or anecdotes about Roy onto the website for everyone to share. Please use the ‘Contact’ form on the website to let us know what you would like to pass on, and we’ll get in touch to let you know where to send it.
Adrian Workman contributed these photos from Southern Africa from the early 1960s. Click on the photos for a larger image.
Bob Purcell sent this wonderful description of his experience on a survey job in Saudi Arabia, moving equipment from Jeddah to Riyadh over Christmas.