Halfie's leaving party

The day arrived at long last. My final working day in my long and illustrated BBC career (well, it's been television). And it wasn't, as I had hoped, a gentle winding down into obscurity oblivion retirement. On the contrary, after a quiet morning, many of my colleagues walked out of the building on strike: and I was busy all afternoon editing for Look East and the next day's (i.e. today's) breakfast bulletins.

So no official - or unofficial - sending off. A bit of a let-down.

But my leaving party was a success. There was a video-assisted talk by my boss - very good, not too embarrassing (thanks, Tony) - followed by a probably-too-long speech by myself. Lots of people came; there was lots of drink (it was in a pub); and there was plenty of food.

A group of editors - past and present - came together for a photo:


from left: James, John, Chris, Halfie, Wernie, Andy, Terry

Many more photos were taken which I might share another time.

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Meanwhile ... Jan and I took part in a silent walk of witness between two churches in our village this Good Friday morning.