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Old 17th Oct 2006, 21:11
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TheOddOne
 
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Bren, you're at it again!

You're leading me down memory lane again!

Telemove became BASIS and BAIR at Heathrow in 1978. Mrs OddOne (before I met her) worked in Apron Control at the time, running the 2 systems in parallel until Telemove's replacement was bedded in. We acquired a number of good people who were with the old system, one of whom is still, I believe, head of Ops at Birmingham.

The big advantage of telemove for us using it at the receiving end was that if you missed anything, you could fish miles of tickertape out of the bin until you found the bit of onfo you needed, parking stand, registration or whatever. It was also jolly useful at weddings and parties as a sort of cheapo confetti....

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