My father, Gordon Thompson, who has died aged 94, was heavily involved in the groundbreaking development of printed circuit boards at International Computers Limited (ICL) in West Gorton, Manchester. In 1974 he was headhunted by Amp Inc, a US company, but declined its offer of employment in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Previously he had worked at Orford Ness, a satellite of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at nearby Martlesham, in Suffolk.
