The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7248 p647
10 May 2003

Coventry On 9 March, Macdonald Coventry (see Tributes), MRPharmS, of 95 High Street, Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 7AS. Mr Coventry registered in 1961.

Crawford Recently, Douglas James Crawford, MRPharmS, of 5A Station Road, West Runton, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9QD. Mr Crawford registered in 1941.

Day On 3 April, Leonard Wilson Day, MRPharmS, of 85 Main Street, Hutton Buscel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO13 9LN. Mr Day registered in 1944.

Dyhouse On 28 February, John Burford Dyhouse, of 4 Cherry Grove, Barnt Green, Birmingham B45 8LW. Mr Dyhouse registered in 1944 and retired from the register in 2002.

Eastwood On 22 March, John Desmond Eastwood, MRPharmS, of 6 Longton Drive, Torrisholme, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 6LS. Mr Desmond registered in 1952.

Harper On 5 March, Kenneth Hal Harper, FRPharmS, of "Bramble", 4 Lammas Lane, East Bridgford, Nottingham NG13 8LL. Mr Harper registered in 1936.

Moore On 13 March, Samuel Moore, MRPharmS, of "Clidga", Sunny Corner Lane, Sennen, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 7AX. Mr Moore registered in 1953.

O'Flinn On 12 February, Peter John O'Flinn, MRPharmS, of 2 Gorham Close, Rottingdean, Brighton BN2 7EA. Mr O'Flinn registered in 1957.

Razdan On 7 April, , MRPharmS, of 15 Peel Place, Clayhall Avenue, Ilford IG5 0PS. Mr Razdan registered in 1977.

Reynolds On 27 February, Joan Reynolds, née Cowen, formerly Mrs Bale, of Keswick. Mrs Reynolds registered in 1945 and practised in Cumbria and Kent. She retired from the register in 1989.

Roberts On 26 February, Gwynfor Roberts, MRPharmS, of 18 Brooklands, Dolwen Road, Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Clywd LL29 8EN. Mr Roberts registered in 1957.

Robinson-Carson On 28 May 2002, Ian Vincent Robinson-Carson, MRPharmS, of 20 Luckham Close, Bournemouth BH9 3HS. Mr Robinson-Carson registered in 1955.

Scantlebury On 27 February, Stanley Arthur Scantlebury, MRPharmS, of 518 Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3JY. Mr Scantlebury registered in 1931.

Sims On 19 February, Ivan Palmer Sims, of 10 Elm Walk, Raynes Park, London SW20 9ED. Mr Sims registered in 1936 and retired from the register in 1994.

Still On 10 March, Alastair McKenzie Still, MRPharmS, of 41 Roffey Park Road, Oldhall, Paisley PA1 3JL. Mr Still registered in 1941. His career with Boots The Chemists was interrupted by war service as a regimental sergeant major with the Royal Armoured Corps in North Africa and Italy. After the war he managed Boots in Lanark before buying a pharmacy in Glasgow Road, Paisley, which he ran until his retirement.

Still On 9 February, Christopher John Still, MRPharmS, of Hillston Pharmacy, PO Box 20, Hilston, NSW 2675, Australia. Mr Still registered in 1950.

Tribute

Coventry In a tribute to the late Macdonald Coventry, Georgina Thomas, former chairman and vice-chairman of the Swindon branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, writes:

It was with great sadness that I learnt of the death of Mac Coventry. I knew him for many years in Swindon where he was an active member of the pharmacy profession. He was especially active in the Swindon branch, being a member of the committee for many years. He held the position of vice-chairman and then chairman of the branch and was our area representative.

I had the pleasure of attending several branch representatives' meetings at Lambeth with Mac and they were always a mixture of both the professional and the social and I know he will be sorely missed at these events. Mac always strove to encourage pharmacists to get together and learn from each other. He was always helpful, encouraging and supportive to me and my colleagues in Swindon.

Mac was born and raised in London. He qualified from Sunderland in 1962 and spent some 41 years as a pharmacist in and around Swindon. After managing a few pharmacies he bought his own business at 171 Victoria Road, which he ran for nearly 18 years and built up to be an extremely successful pharmacy.

After selling his business he still carried on in pharmacy as a practising locum in Swindon, Highworth, Cricklade and Wroughton, to name but a few places, and I am personally grateful for his help at short notice on more than one occasion.

He also had many outside interests, his main one being music. Mac was a notable member of the Swindon Music Society, Swindon Operatic Society and NUBISS (New University of Bath in Swindon Singers). He played the organ in many of the local churches and acted as choirmaster.

Other interests included steam railways — he had a full running model railway in a room of the house. He loved classic cars and tinkering (as he put it) with clocks.

Mac was an enthusiastic pharmacist and a larger-than-life member of the community. He will be sadly missed by many friends and colleagues and especially by his wife Ann, his children Susan, Claire, Andrew and John, and his eight grandchildren.