Old HMSO offices Anglia Square Norwich - Derelict???

[@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich]

This is beautifully filmed. Thanks for sharing.

[@PaulphotoeyeVideo]

I used to live nearby and the view of this was always there as a boy. My sister worked there in the seventies.
It is sad to see what was pulled down to make way for it.

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Great video, thanks for sharing. My understanding is there's a lot of asbestos in the building and it would be very expensive to remove it safely, which is why it's been left for so long.

[@mattw8332]

Nice video. There are actually trees growing out of the roof of the Stationery Office building!
I understand that the plans for Anglia Square are still to be finalised but I'm surprised that no work has commenced to demolish the structures that are no longer in use.

[@PaulphotoeyeVideo]

The conversion of the office block across the road to 1000 student flats might push it along

[@mattw8332]

@@PaulphotoeyeVideo I think my mum worked in that scaffolded building in the 1960s.

[@PaulphotoeyeVideo]

@@mattw8332 My sister was a punch card operator. Early method of storing computer data. That department was where QD is now.

[@mattw8332]

@@PaulphotoeyeVideo My mum was a punch card operator too but I can't remember which building or employer it was.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Looks like that must have been quite the facility at one point.

[@PaulphotoeyeVideo]

It was. HMSO stands for Her Majestys Stationery Office. All the office equipment, paper pens etc etc were procured through this office for the entire country back in the day. It is a proper eyesore now.