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%u2022 Issue 113 %u2022 December 2022 %u2022Historic Gas Timespage8page8TheHISTORIC GAS TIMESPublished quarterlyEditors: John Britland Horne and Russell ThomasAnnual Subscription UK: %u00a38.00 | Overseas: %u00a315.00 | Via email: %u00a36.00 Cheques payable to: IGEM History FundHGT Subscriptions, IGEM House26 & 28 High Street, Kegworth, Derbyshire DE74 2DASubscription enquiries: +44(0) 1509 678 150 or visit www.igem.org.uk/HGT IGEM members can subscribe alongside their membershipAs highlighted in the last HGT, we just wanted to remind you that as of next year we will be integrating the HGT newsletter within IGEM%u2019s Gas International (Gi) journal. From January 2023 your copy of Gi will have pages dedicated to the HGT. Our hope is to include the HGT in every other edition of the Gi journal, which equates to 5 editions per year. Your current preference for a physical or electronic copy of Gi will remain unchanged. For those of you who are not IGEM members we understand this will be a change of format, hopefully the higher quality production should be a benefit. All other aspects should remain the same and we hope you continue to support HGT.BOB WINNHGT team, left to right, John Horne, Barry Wilkinson, Bob Winn and Brian SturtBob Winn in his ninetieth year, passed away on the 14th of October. A retired gas engineer he was a loyal friend with an engaging personality and a staunch member of the Gas History Panel. He will be sadly missed. Bob became closely involved with the Panel%u2019s Newsletter the Historic Gas Times. Originally distributed by IGEM Bob took over from Issue 19 in 1999. He was a leading member of local clubs particularly a walking group, from his home in Edinburgh. For the H.G.T. he expended many hours in meticulously recording addresses, receipt of subscriptions, printing address labels and unravelling the intricacies of gift aid. Former Panel Chairman Barry Wilkinson edited and had printed subsequent issues of the H.G.T. dispatched to me in London for distribution. Bob would send labels so myself and my wife could dispatch the latest issue %u2013 having a convenient Post Office opposite. Over the years with a steady flow of correspondence to and from Edinburgh and London and with common interests we built up a cherished friendship. I shall never forget Bob sending A4 envelopes in the post which I was informed were reinforced with girders. This was based on Iron Bru, Scotland%u2019s national beverage advertised as %u201cmade with girders%u201d. The girders were in fact adhesive tape to strengthen a batch of envelopes which tended to split in the post. Bob abhorred defaulters, which over time developed into a series of subscription reminders, defaulters were given three chances to pay. With Bob%u2019s tight control the number of subscribers increased to over four hundred. From September 2013 E-mail was offered as an alternative to hard copy. Initially there was no means for paying subscriptions online this led to complications. Sorting and correcting subscribers E-mail addresses also kept Bob busy. A year later Barry Wilkinson resigned as Chairman and production of the H.G.T. reverted to IGEM. Overall, Bob dealt with sixty issues of the H.G.T., a major contribution to generating interest in the heritage of the industry.Brian SturtCHANGES TO HGT