I am sad to see the passing of Reg - a friend & colleague of my late husband David in HMSO. May he rest in peace Connie Roberts April 2017

Message to Linda from Reg Walker: I didn't meet Reg until 1966-67 and can certainly endorse your comments regarding unflappability and efficiency. As I constantly bang on to my children, and others (what do you mean, you noticed?) those 'old soldiers' we worked with were the best education we could get in our formative years in the office. Just one to add: when we moved to Norwich in 1968 I was 22 and Reg double that age. Anyway, he captained the Reprographic Supplies Seven a Side football team, and convinced me to play. As you know, Sportsman is not my middle name.....I was to football as Oliver Reed was to tea dances. Anyway, he put me in goal, assisted by a kicker and a catcher. I still had to be helped onto the Club bar stool at the end of the game, while Reg breezed around sorting everything out. He probably played another game in the afternoon, while I recovered in the bar. Happy days indeed. RW

Message to Linda from Maureen Leveton: So sorry to hear that Reg had passed away.  He was a wonderful man, who it was a privilege to have known.   I shall always remember his wonderful poems.