"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 May 2018 21:19:58 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

On 16/05/18 20:55, bert wrote:
End of an era
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ot7sw7v9nd...orton.jpg?dl=0

I'm old but alas ICL means nothing to me - I was a DEC fan and sadly HP
grabbed them yonks ago....

HP didn't grab them, they bought what was left after DEC went bust.

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ICL West Gorton was originally Ferranti West Gorton. ICL was formed from ICT
and bits of Ferranti and government money. I can remember the ICY sign
coming down on their office at Putney Bridge and the ICL sign going up. Late
1960's I think

Andrew