King's Lynn Memory Lane: Brenda Carter retires from General Accident in 1991 plus Downham Market, Snettisham, Stow Bardolph, Sutton Bridge, Tapping House Hospice

Colleagues and friends said goodbye to a well-known Lynn figure in insurance when supervisor Mrs Brenda Carter retired from General Accident in August 1991, after 42 years of service.

As this picture shows she was showered with gifts and good wishes from fellow members of staff and close business friends. Mrs Carter began working as a teenager for the Road Transport General Insurance Company, which was later taken over by General Accident.

Office manager Mr John Burton said: “Brenda was very well-known to anyone connected with insurance in Lynn. She has an outward-going personality and was always happy to get involved and sort people’s problems out in the office or on the telephone.”