29 pictures of Blackpool civil servants at Norcross, Hesketh House and Warbreck Hill down the decades
By Claire Lark
Published 13th Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
From charity events and cheque presentations to wartime reloactions and strike action, these scenes show civil servants in Blackpool who you may have worked with.
A huge employer on the Fylde Coast for decades, many people will have passed through the doors of Norcross and Warbreck Hill working in the Pensions Agency, DWP and other departments. You might recognise some faces…
Pictured by the Gurkha Display, in the Veterans Agency at Norcross are from left, Csgt. Retd. Dil Gurung, Capt. Retd. Man Gurung, Dr Paul Kitchen (Veterans Agency Medical Director) and Major Jim Houldsworth (retired Army Major, representing Blackpool and the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee) 2006 Photo: Bill Johnson
PCS Union representatives, Branch Chairman Duncan Griffiths (left) and Branch Secretary Martin Jones, outside the Norcross Civil service building after a strike was called over proposed job cuts, 2006 Photo: Rob Lock
Veteran Services manager Carolyn Short and Heat of ITR & Commiunications Gerry Mulrooney at the veterans agency helpline, Norcross Photo: Martin Bostock