Mike Grotowski, darkroom and technical support manager (succeeded Richard Bradford from c.Richard Bradford, technical sales / support and darkroom manager, later assistant export manager (succeeded Frank Owen).John Joyce, technical sales (film- and paper processors), arrived after Tony Baker's departure.He later moved to California to set up the west coast office of De Vere Inc. George Brian ('Dick') Hamblin, sales manager.John left a few months before the collapse of De Vere and founded Odyssey Sales to supply new (by then built in China) and refurbished De Vere enlargers. Personnel in the Beckenham offices included:
Arthur Sparks died in the late-80s or early 90s, before the company started to decline. His wife, Ivy, was Company Secretary and his son, John, was the director running the factory.
Note: This is a sub-section of De Vere (Kensington)Īt the start of this period, Arthur Sparks, one of the co-founders was still alive and based in the factory on the Pottington Industrial Estate in Barnstaple.
