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.
Additionally, Mr Steve Kennedy has kindly contributed the following reminiscence:
"Right hand side, 2nd row down is Graham Pulman, computer operator at Kidsgrove. Graham moved to Baric Manchester (Peter Street) around 1980 to join the ICL 1500 team as a programmer alongside myself. Sadly, he died of leukaemia December, 1983. He was a good friend, a partner in table tennis at Baric and joined Salford Players theatre, helping as a sound engineer in the evenings. He was well known for his love of fast Ford Escorts."
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 Bureaux.