This website was conceived by Rob White and Robert Snelling
It seemed a shame that the history of The Standard might become lost in the mists of time, so we thought we'd do something about it.
Many thanks to the following, who have contributed to the site so far:
| 30/08/02 | Tony Barratt took the shots of the empty site on the day of the farewell wake and sent them to Robert Snelling who relayed them to me over a series of weekends (cheap rate phone calls for his modem...) |
| 09/10/02 | I registered the domain name stcnsg.org.uk (don't know why I'm thanking myself, but it seemed to fit into the story) |
| 21/10/02 | Robert Snelling sent me some photos and scanned documents from his archives |
| 23/10/02 | Stevie Street contacted Stan Springate (who wrote several books about the site) and passed me materials loaned by Stan |
| 30/10/02 | I met Laura Newbury, Vi Maile, Ann Pitcher, and Stan Springate in Harlow. Laura loaned some photos of the Carnival and farewell party |
| 10/11/02 | I visited Stan Springate and borrowed an album of photos of the site in the 1930's |
| 24/11/02 | Robert Snelling visited ex-BNR colleague Muriel Maddox and they scanned in some photos and a book cover and emailed them to me |
| 09/12/02 | Laura Newbury's NewsLink magazine was posted to pensioners and it mentioned this site, so there was a flurry of activity the following weekend |
| 16/12/02 | Martin Cope sent me a soft copy of Brian Foot's account of the V1 disaster that was published in the internal Engineering News bulletin in August 94 (50 years after the event) - soft copies are great, thanks Martin! |
| 19/12/02 | Robert Snelling emailed a scan of a Christmas card from STC days for the humour section. |
| 30/12/02 | Henley Sterling emailed his idea for The Other STC with the text and scanned pictures |
| 03/01/03 | Jerry Mortimore emailed many photos of Bomb Disposal, Children's Parties, and Sports Days in the 1950s, and the Flying Scotsman. |
| 09-19/01/03 | Jerry Mortimore sent photos of the STC Plane and Villa and information about Apprentice pay rates in the 1965 |
| 02/02/03 | Chris Notton sent photos of the Building 4 Farewell Posters taken on 19th August 2002 |
| 07/05/03 | John Chenery and Nigel Pope told me about the Light Straw website, added to the links page |
| 04/07/03 | Jean Oakleigh (née Bastendorf) sent me the Rugby Club's 75th Anniversary booklet from Australia |
| 22/08/03 | Jack T McDonnell expanded on his previous item in the memories page |
| 14/10/03 | Fred Howard sent his President's Address from the final ASC AGM |
| 26/10/03 | Jack T McDonnell sent a photo to include in his expanded memories page |
| 05/11/03 | Peter Smith sent a photo of BT & System X contractors from about 1978. See the memories page |
| 02/12/03 | Frank Heinley tipped me off about the news article in yesterday's Telegraph |
| 09/12/03 | John Burness sent some photos from the 60's for the memories page |
| 02/01/04 | David Hall sent some photos from his apprenticeship for the memories page |
| 01/03/04 | Fred Harris sent some recollections for the memories page |
| 16/07/04 | David Hall sent some more notes for the memories page |
| 13/04/05 | Michael Ray sent some memories for the memories page |
| 20/04/05 | Keith Waudby sent some photos and memories which I've put in the miter page |
| 07/06/05 | David Read sent some photos and information about Scientific & Projections Ltd, asking for help with research |
| 01/08/05 | Jerry Mortimore sent photos of the Sports Day in 1977 |
| 21/11/05 | Alan Hedges sent photo memories from his time at The Standard 1953-1964 |
| 14/09/06 | Bryan Trigwell sent photo memories of a train crash alongside The Standard in 1946. |
| 23/03/07 | Tony Tricker sent memories of his time with System X in the 1980s.. |
| 28/03/07 | Tony Tricker sent a DVD of the STC System X promotion video for the memories page. |
| 14/11/07 | John Key sent photos of an emergency evacuation in the 1970s. |
| 09/12/07 | Stan Springate sent a cartoon and photos of his books. |
| 14/12/07 & 10/03/08 | John Kirk sent photos from the 1950's for the memories page. |
| 20/03/08 | Dave Hall sent another photo from his apprenticeship days for the memories page |
| 20/03/08 | Paul Newman sent pictures from his time in the auxiliary fire service for the memories page |
| 23/07/08 | Anne Holness sent pictures from her time in drawing office for the memories page |
| 21/03/09 | Keith Waudby sent pictures from the 1980's for the memories page |
| 02/06/09 | Tom Wells sent pictures and memorabilia from the early 1960's for the memories page |
| 25/07/09 | Ian Cox sent a picture of the lake as seen from a lab window in the 80's - added to the memories page |
| 24/03/09 | Jim Shaw sent pictures of the test area in Building 8 in 1976 - added to the memories page |
Who's next ??
If you'd like to help contribute to this site with photos, stories, or memorabilia please contact Rob White