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RETIRING SIGNALLERS: RMT assistant general secretary Mick Lynch made presentations to retiring members at the
signalling grades conference meeting in Hull. (left to right) Martin Dicks, Mick Lynch, Kenneth Toffs, Dougie Hill,
Steve Riggot and Peter Thomas.
Gary Watts served as Norwich branch
secretary from 1983 to 2001 and served on
the East Anglia District Council.
Many colleagues past and present remember
Gary for his infamous sense of humour,
laughing at anything including himself, as well
his more unusual antics especially as a
referee for the Norfolk Football Association,
where he once famously sent himself off.
He was a steadfast union worker and was
well known for his encyclopaedic knowledge
of agreements, being able to recite an
agreement off by heart complete with minute
number no matter how far the agreement
went back. In fact management would often
ring Gary up to clarify a disputed agreement if
they got stuck.
Over the years Gary’s vast experience has
helped many members in all sorts of
situations, and he truly was one of the more
iconic, if somewhat unsung, heroes of the
trade union movement to which so many owe
a debt of gratitude and thanks.
Gary leaves his widow June and a grown-up
family and he will be sorely missed by many
friends and colleagues old and new.
We are team L2B Signal
Response 2017! We are a London
Underground signals cycling
team and we are undertaking the
London to Brighton cycling
challenge to raise money for the
British heart foundation.
The BHF is a charity that
plays a fundamental role in the
undertaking of research and
raising awareness of heart
related issues and is a charity
that is very important to all of
us. We hope that we can
contribute in some small way to
help the British Heart
Foundation further their cause
and help those who have been
impacted by a heart related
illness.
Please help us by doing your
bit and donating on our just
giving page below
www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/
L2BSignalResponse2017
WATERLOO BRANCH NOMINATES
JOHN DAVID
FOR COMPANY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE -
GUARDS/COMMERCIAL GUARDS
SOUTH WEST TRAINS
BRITISH
HEART
FOUNDATION
CYCLE
London
Underground
signals cycling
team takes on
cycling fundraiser
OBITUARY
Gary Watts