- Interviewee: Peter Bird DOB: 1934
Interviewer: Tony Morgan Died: September 2017
Date of Interview: 6th September 2016
Joined Lyons: 1964
Abstract: After a career in the Merchant Navy achieving his Masters certificate ‘discovered’ computing, studied programming and applied for Jobs in computing. Interviewed by Lyons for an operator job and joined Lyons 1964 as an operator on the LEO III. Promoted rapidly to Operations Manager, then overall Systems Manager. After retirement became interested in the history of Lyons and in the LEO story resulting in the publication of his books on LEO and subsequently on Lyons the Food Empire.
Repository: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/53381/Peter-Bird-Interview/
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Copyright: LEO Computers Society
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