harry godsall
by Barry Page
A surprise letter from 1962
Winter is a time for reflection and so naturally schooldays come to mind. It occurred to me that somewhere in my records I had kept my school reports. After some rooting around I found them in an old, tattered envelope. Brilliant! But what if these precious documents (some of you reading may disagree with the word, 'precious') are lost? The answer was to scan them as electronic images and store them on an HD with backed-up copies. This was done. Later, when I continued to ferret through my archives, a letter fell from a pile of papers onto the floor. Mystified, I looked at the date and handwriting on the envelope. The franked 3d stamp was marked Ilford & Barking, Essex, 7 November 1962, and the script was slightly familiar.
I removed the single page letter and immediately determined that the author was none other than our old BBS head of technical studies, Harry Godsall. Apparently I had written to him earlier and this was his reply. This is a scanned image of that letter with Harry's words of encouragement. By curious coincidence, I am writing that part in my memoirs of the time when the technical draught skills taught by Harry determined my career path. I think Harry would be pleased to know that his tuition had not been wasted.
A surprise letter from 1962
Winter is a time for reflection and so naturally schooldays come to mind. It occurred to me that somewhere in my records I had kept my school reports. After some rooting around I found them in an old, tattered envelope. Brilliant! But what if these precious documents (some of you reading may disagree with the word, 'precious') are lost? The answer was to scan them as electronic images and store them on an HD with backed-up copies. This was done. Later, when I continued to ferret through my archives, a letter fell from a pile of papers onto the floor. Mystified, I looked at the date and handwriting on the envelope. The franked 3d stamp was marked Ilford & Barking, Essex, 7 November 1962, and the script was slightly familiar.
I removed the single page letter and immediately determined that the author was none other than our old BBS head of technical studies, Harry Godsall. Apparently I had written to him earlier and this was his reply. This is a scanned image of that letter with Harry's words of encouragement. By curious coincidence, I am writing that part in my memoirs of the time when the technical draught skills taught by Harry determined my career path. I think Harry would be pleased to know that his tuition had not been wasted.
