This photo was sent to the Watford Observer by Alan Orchard, a former chief electrician at the Watford company, and it shows his father (forth from the right, back row) and some work colleagues on what he believes was a NATSOPA (National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants) trip to the seaside.

Alan found the photo, which he estimates was taken at some point in the 1950s or early 1960s, after his father died in 1989.

He said: “The Sun Printers web site, to which I have contributed, has a list of employees over the years, with in some cases pictures of the individuals.

“Unfortunately, and obviously, there are few people left to actually identify employees of this era. It would be nice if their likenesses could be recorded against the hard fact of their employment data.”

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Reflecting on his own history with the company, Alan said: “My involvement at the Sun began in 1947 when I was employed; out of school at 14 years old for a brief period, as an assistant’s assistant in the letterpress department. Boredom forced me out to become an apprentice electrician after just a few months.

“I was soon back down Whippendell Road as a contractor, relighting the place. I subsequently joined the permanent staff as a maintenance electrician and progressed to chief electrician.

“I retired in 1993 when I had the doubtful privilege of making the Whippendell Road plant electrically safe before turning off the lights and locking the door. The end of a legend in Watford. The company, not me!”