Norman was almost certainly Norman Grandy, a Senior Scientific Officer in the post of Deputy Principal Met Officer. He was previously a senior forecaster at RAF Manby.
Like many of us, he had his little foibles and, like many of us, was the butt of some good wind-ups.
I think he retired when he left Bawtry as I arrived. There was some connection between the two events.
I took over from Bob McGain as P Met O: Bob was a Mess one-armed bandit expert and offered to show me how to beat the system during our mercifully brief handover.
Thereafter Met 1 Group was under totally new management, with Bob Ward as Deputy. Bob is still going strong, we met this year.
Met Bawtry was renowned for its pretty young girls, and retained this accolade until it closed in, I think, 1984.
I could go on, but this is about Graham South, who watched these comings and goings and got on with the job.