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It is with sad regret to announce that John Jardine contacted me yesterday to say that via ntlPA and the Pension Administration, Ron Suddes has passed away. Presently there are no other details. Webmaster Note Since the DTELS website inception in 2004 Ron often contributed information for the site, ...

It is with regret to announce that Lizzy Twose contacted me today to say that Ron Mead went into hospital over two weeks ago with a chest infection and sadly passed away shortly afterwards. Ron only ever wished to live the remainder of his life in his home in Burnham on Sea. Ron's son, Graham, conta...

Welcome What a year its been, a mixture of success with the vaccination programme in 2021 allowing us to now enjoy a level of freedom, plus challenges brought about by Covid mutations that inevitably will carry over into 2022. Hopefully, next year will be a marked improvement. Like many others in s...

It is with regret to announce that John Jardine emailed me yesterday to say NTL Pension Association (NTLPA) have recently been notified by the Pension Administrators that Barry Brettle had passed away. John included the following message: "When I first came across Barry, he was working at Aston...

An update from Clive's Family to Bipin Thanki: The funeral service will be available online to pay your respects and is to be held on on Tuesday 14th Dec at 11:00am . Please use the following link: Weblink: Orbitus Username: nacu6017 Password: 890487 The website recommends logging in five minutes b...

An update from Bipin Thanki:

"The family have contacted him to say the funeral will take place on Tuesday14th December at 11:00am and attendance limited to family only. It's not known if the service will be made available online."

Thanks to Bipin Thanki for the following update: "People can make donations in Clive’s memory here JustGiving . I understand the funeral has been arranged for 14th December, although I haven’t been given any details. I also understand they want to keep it to close family only as they want to p...

It is with regret to announce that Bipin Thanki has contacted me to say Clive Wankling passed away yesterday morning. It is understood that Clive had contracted Covid during the last week of October and subsequently ended up in hospital where his condition got worse until his untimely death yesterda...

It is with regret to announce that Chris Clarke contacted me today to say NTL Pension Association (NTLPA) have recently been notified that John O'Brian has passed away. He worked as a Wireless Technician at Norwich Detachment. Unfortunately, there are no other details as to his service or when he di...

I'm grateful to Bipin Thanki for contacting me to say he attended Marks' funeral and wake on Friday 24th September along with a few former colleagues from Telent and Arqiva. The following notice was posted on Mark's facebook page:

It is with regret to announce that Alan Wood contacted me to say that Malcolm Lockwood passed away on 3rd May 2021 after a short illness. He died of heart failure following pneumonia at the age of 78 and had been suffering from COPD for 6-8 years. The funeral service was held at St. John the Baptist...

It is with regret to announce that I have been notified by Bipin Thanki that Mark Atherton passed away suddenly on Wednesday 18th August 2021. He leaves two young daughters, his wife is understood to have passed away a few years earlier. The following notice was placed on Mark's Facebook site by his...

It is with regret to announce that I have been notified by Reg Street that he had recently heard that Pete Kearns sadly died on 7th August 2016 from an aneurism. The funeral ceremony took place at Cheltenham Crematorium South Chapel on Monday 22nd August at 11.15am. Pete was just 62 years old. He wa...

It is with regret to announce that I have been notified by Chris Clarke that Oliver 'Olly' Harris passed away on Friday 21st May 2021 in hospital. Olly of Chelmsford and formerly of Walton on the Naze was aged 83 years. Partner of the late Marion Godwin he was a dear brother, uncle and friend to man...

Posted on Behalf of David Roberts A new member to the DTELS forum, David is seeking information or a manual for the Pye RTC (Green Box) Controller that many of us ex-field engineers would remember servicing from the 1970s. If anyone can help please contact him via the forum or send an email to me a...