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HARRY LOCKWOOD igem.org.uk
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JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF
GEOFF WAITE CENG MIGEM
1 FEBRUARY 1930 – 30 AUGUST 2020 GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS
GEOFF WAS BORN in 1930 in
Castleford, West Yorkshire,
directly opposite the ground of DIGEST
Ofgem under pressure
to rethink crackdown
his beloved Castleford Tigers. on UK energy networks
Government to fund
green gas plants with
CO2 tax on gas suppliers
New BEIS training
On leaving school at the age NOVEMBER 2020 provider funding to
upskill trades for
green homes grant
of 16, he started work with
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North Eastern Gas Board as a HYDROGEN
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Junior Lab Boy, working out BLENDING
of the Castleford Depot, a stone’s throw from his birthplace.
FOUNDED 1863
Over the years, he progressed up the management chain, Everything you need to know ROYAL CHARTER 1929
managing gas manufacturing works at Huddersfield, Bradford
and Leeds, and eventually being appointed as Grid Control
Engineer in 1968. The following 20 years saw him progress in
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Engineer, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. PATRON BY SYON MEDIA
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in 1961 was awarded the Clayton Gold Medal. He served PRESIDENT E: gi@syonmedia.com
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He was married to his wife Margaret for 66 years and had
three sons, Ian, Paul and Craig, and a daughter, Julie. He leaves PRESIDENT ELECT
behind eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Ben Clarke
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He passed peacefully at his home in Clifton, Brighouse and
will be sorely missed by all. VICE PRESIDENT Published by IGEM
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MOLLY MAHER HONORARY SECRETARY IGEM House,
DIED 23 APRIL 2020, AGED 83 Gordon Davies 26 & 28 High Street, Kegworth
MOLLY DEDICATED her CEng FIGEM Derby
life to raising awareness, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DE74 2DA.
changing legislation and Neil Atkinson Registered Charity No. 214011
preventing further deaths from CEng FIChemE HonFSE
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Consumer Safety International EDITORIAL & SUBSCRIPTION
and CO-Gas Safety. ENQUIRIES: It is believed that the
Sharon Baker-Hallam
statements made in this
She began her 35 years of lobbying after fumes from BA Hons AIGEM publication are based
a faulty gas water heater in a Tenerife apartment killed T: +44(0)1509 678 186 on accurate and reliable
her 26-year-old son, Gary, and paralysed her 21-year-old E: sharon@igem.org.uk information. The views
daughter, Sheree, during a 1985 holiday. ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES expressed are not necessarily
With the help of the Labour MP Nigel Griffiths she co- Ian James those of the publisher. No
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relatives of poisoning victims, dedicated a large part E: gi@syonmedia.com
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Today many of the changes she campaigned for are
standard practice in the travel and fuel industries. PRODUCED AND DESIGNED
Born in Isleworth, West London, she attended Marlborough
School for Girls before attending Pitman College to learn
shorthand and typing. In 1957, she married builder Peter
Maher, with whom she had three children, Gary, Sheree and
Lindy. Peter died in 1991. She is survived by Sheree and UNLESS STATED ALL IMAGES ARE CREDITED TO SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
Lindy, her four grandchildren Jay, Chantel, Connor and Lily.

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