Recollections of Roger Williams It all started with a phone call whilst I was TDO on lates in the sorting office at Mill Hill. I was speaking to the Secretary to the Under Secretary for the Secretary of State for Defence. He was asking why the mail to the gulf was being delayed! I knew of no delays and informed him that there was no delay as the mail was leaving the depot every morning and being taken to RAF Lyneham for the daily flight out. He then insisted on speaking to the duty officer. The Duty Officer that day was not a Postal Officer and I pointed out that I was the Technical Duty Officer. He spoke to the duty Officer who only told … [Read more...]