Description:Employees of BARIC Computing Services Ltd., pose for the photographer. Centre row extreme right, sporting an ‘Afro’ hair style is Martin Metcalfe, on the same row third from right is Pete Humphries, and on the left wearing a black tie, black jacket and beard is Denis A. Palin. On the row behind third from right is Reg Finney and on the same row, fourth from right is Rob Henson. Top row second from right is Stuart Wythenshawe. Please contact us if you recognise anyone else in the photograph.
BARIC Computing Services Ltd. was located on the Nelson Industrial Estate in Kidsgrove. It was a joint venture of International Computers Ltd. (ICL), and Barclays Bank, and provided computer services. In the early days of computing many organisations put their work out to computer service companies, also known as Computer Bureaus.