Chapman On July 10, Lionel Christopher Humphrey Chapman, MRPharmS, of "Eliana", Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4SH. Mr Chapman registered in 1969.
Mr R. K. WALKER writes: It was a great shock to learn of Chris's death after a short illness.
Chris began his pharmacy career working for Boots, which included a spell of two years in New Zealand. He joined Lloyds Chemist in its very early days and eventually bought his own shop in Nuneaton, which he ran successfully for a number of years.
In 1988 he moved to Doulting in Somerset where he became heavily involved in the local community as chairman of the parish council as well as in local hockey and skittle teams.
He was a great fundraiser for his favourite charity Cancer Research and ran several sponsored marathons on its behalf, including one memorable occasion in which he completed the London Marathon in great pain and was afterwards found to have broken his leg at 20 miles.
Chris was a larger than life character and he will be greatly missed by all his friends. My sympathy goes to Mary and his six children Linda, Patrick, Bridgett, Peter, Derek and Barry on their sad loss.
Clowes On June 29, Myrtle Joan Clowes (née Shelton, formerly Fritchley), MRPharmS, of 147 Portland Road, Selston, Nottingham NG16 6AL. Mrs Clowes registered in 1947.
Cubbin Recently, James Cubbin, MRPharmS, of "Rock Villa", 56 Wellington Road, Wallasey, Merseyside CH45 2NF. Mr Cubbin registered in 1952.
Mr J. P. RICHARDSON, writes: I first met James ("Jim") Cubbin when we both worked for Vestric Ltd at adjacent branches of that company in the north west during the mid 1960s. Jim subsequently became a community pharmacist by purchasing a business in Neston High Street, which was extremely successful. Jim's service to his patients was second to none and he was known as "the best doctor pharmacist in Neston".
He became involved in the training of preregistration pharmacy graduates, and I was able to operate a scheme whereby his preregistration trainees and mine in the Wirral hospital pharmaceutical service would exchange roles for brief periods.
The subsequent opening of a new pharmacy in Little Neston, adjacent to a medical centre, and the purchase of Victoria pharmacy in New Brighton completed the Cubbin empire, which will be carried on by his three sons Ian, Stuart and Duncan, the first two of whom are pharmacists.
I offer my condolences to Heather and the boys.
McManus On July 29, William Edward McManus, MRPharmS, of 26 Broom Road, Newlands, Glasgow G43 2TP. Mr McManus registered in 1956.
Mr J. P. BANNERMAN writes: I count myself fortunate to have met Bill McManus when we started our pharmaceutical education at what is now Strathclyde university. His life was always full, always diverse, always committed, and always infectiously amusing. No one could have known Bill without feeling enormously enriched by the experience. His influence in many aspects of life was huge, partly due to his personality but also due to his generosity. He instinctively gave of himself to his professional practice, to our profession and to society at large. This was a distinguishing feature of his life and so many of us benefited from it.
Comparatively recently, Bill made a major contribution to the organising committee for the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Glasgow in 1996. Those who were fortunate enough to have worked with him appreciated his breadth of vision on every aspect of the Conference organisation and our profession.
However, those of us who are pharmacists and golfers keenly feel the loss of Bill McManus and we will continue to do so as we meet at functions which in the past had been made memorable because of his humour and his superb communication skills. But we will all be grateful to have known him, to have worked with him and to have listened to him. Our sympathy goes to Dawn and her very supportive family.
Mr P. J. GILBRIDE writes: Frank Muir is quoted as saying that all the best jokes in English begin with the words "a man walked into a chemist shop . . ." but Bill McManus's personalised variation of this was much funnier. "A wee man came into the shop yesterday and said ‘do you want to hear a joke?'." This was the introduction he used and it worked whether he was talking to you in the street, on the telephone, over a pint, on the golf course or in an after-dinner speech (at which he excelled), and his dismissive shrug after the punchline left you free to laugh whether it was funny, outrageous, corny or - perish the thought - politically incorrect. And if you did not like the joke, he would agree with you immediately, saying, "Now you see what I've to put up with in the shop."
The underlying word-picture is of a man happy at his work: the pharmacist at home at the front counter where, with his wife Dawn, he treated customers like visitors.
Glasgow born and bred, he had an early record of infectious enthusiasm for whatever he did and was a troop leader in the Scouts, and then, as one of the last candidates for conscription, his first job after qualifying in 1956 was as a sergeant in the medical corps, serving his time in Malaya. Communications were primitive by today's standards and I understand that he and Dawn had to limit letters to each other to about four a week. They married in 1961 and as a couple with Christian priorities they involved themselves and eventually their three daughters in all their local parish activities (Bill's special contribution being the organisation of the youth group). He also enjoyed the Rotary club where he was president of the Shawlands branch in 1996 and, a sure sign of his willingness to take on the thankless task, he was long-time secretary of the Glasgow Pharmacy Golfing Society both before and after his term of office as captain.
As a pharmacist he was a true professional - always co-operative rather than competitive with his colleagues. As a family man he was a great example and as a good friend he will be sadly missed by so many people in all walks of life.
His all too short retirement of two years was even further curtailed by severe and painful illness, but this did not deter him from actively enjoying the company of friends right up until the day he died.
We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Dawn and to his daughters Jacqueline, Michelle and Claire, and to his extended family. His requiem mass took place on August 2.
The Scottish pharmaceutical community has lost one of its finest gentlemen.
Mair On July 16, Alastair Macdougall Mair, MRPharmS, of 61 Portland Place, Hamilton, Lanarkshire ML3 8LA. Mr Mair registered in 1958.
Mitchell On July 2, Christopher James Mitchell, MRPharmS, of 29 Green Pine Avenue, R. R. 3 Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Mr Mitchell registered in 1966 after graduating in Bristol in 1965 as an external student of London university. He emigrated to Canada in 1969, where his professional career spanned many aspects of pharmacy. He owned a Shoppers' Drug Mart franchise and then went on to build two successful retail operations. He spent some time as a lecturer for the pharmacy assistants course at a local training college and then went on to become director of pharmacy at Stevenson memorial hospital in Alliston, Ontario.
Morgan On June 15, Arthur Clement Morgan, MRPharmS, of 12 High Street, Halstead, Essex CO9 2AP. Mr Morgan registered in 1951.
Patel On July 28, Ramanlal Bhanabhai Patel, MRPharmS, of 892 Garratt Lane, Tooting Broadway, London SW17 0NB. Mr Patel registered in 1969.
Peterkin On July 4, James Stewart Mcconnachie Peterkin, of Flat 39, Homeross House, Strathearn Road, Edinburgh. Mr Peterkin registered in 1934 and retired from the register in 1995.
Pozzi On July 24, Ann Marian Pozzi, of 6 Wesley Close, Goff Oak, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire EN7 5NH, aged 42 years. Miss Pozzi registered in 1980 and retired from the register in 1999. She was a graduate of the School of Pharmacy, University of London. Her death, at the Sue Ryder Home near Hitchin, followed a long illness.
Sage On July 20, Edgar John Sage, FRPharmS, of "Fair Croft", 6 St Johns Close, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon BS23 2LP. Mr Sage registered in 1945.
Stein On July 22, James Stein, of 1 Talman Gardens, Polmont, Falkirk, Stirlingshire FK2 0PR. Mr Stein registered in 1937 and retired from the register in 1992.
Stevenson On July 15, George Matthew Stevenson, MRPharmS, of 106A Rose Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0RE. Mr Stevenson registered in 1966.