NMO Silver Jubilee Charity Walk

First some NMO History

25 years ago, on Friday 20 February 1987, all National Weights and Measures Laboratory staff (NWML), as we were known then, said a final farewell to their old offices at Chapter House, on the Pimlico borders of Westminster, London, where it had been since 1938, nearly half a century. Its previous home dates back to 143 years ago in 1869, when the then Board of Trade Standards Department occupied its first laboratory and offices at 6 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (opposite the House of Lords); where the adjoining Jewel Tower was used to house the standards.

Charity Walk – 25 years ago

On Saturday 21 February 1987, the day after their farewell to Chapter House, a number of staff decided to do a charity walk from the old to the new building on the Teddington site, where the Standards Department was formally re-titled the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML). Thankfully it was not raining on the day and Dr Peter Clapham (the CEO at the time) had planned the route in fine detail, a total of 14 miles. To help mark the occasion the standard meter and kilogram were carried along the route also.

Charity Walk – 25 years on

To mark the 25th anniversary (Silver Jubilee) of NMO/NWML at Teddington, John Pain, NMOs Calibration Manager, will be repeating the event on the 9 April 2012, 25 years to the day when the building was officially opened by The Duke of Kent. John’s target is to raise £1000 for Cancer Research. If you would like to join John, please email him on john.pain@nmo.gov.uk.