There were many sad hearts when we heard on June 25th that Mr. Cooke had (to use his own expression) " gone home," for all who knew him had a genuine affection for our sterling old friend who had served us with such outstanding loyalty and efficiency for the last fifty years.

During the greater part of his career here he was in charge of our engineering services on the old Pinnox Works. He was, of course, a tower of strength to us during the war years, when all our younger men were serving elsewhere, and he did not spare himself in those difficult days.

Latterly he stepped into the breach at Brownhills, and at the annual meeting of the Works Council in February, 1952, he was awarded the Ricardia Medal for his outstanding services there. He was still in active charge of the Brownhills fitting shop when he celebrated his seventieth birthday last September and until his illness overtook him late on in May.