The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7259 p133
26 July 2003

Society summary

Auton On 13 June, Thomas Hewson Auton, of "Mill Mead", Church Grove, Eccleshall, Stafford. Mr Auton registered in 1933 and retired from the register in 1991.

Bennett On 27 June, Henry Bennett, of "Slip Farm", Marchamley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 5LE. Mr Bennett registered in 1935 and retired from the register in 2002.

Carlisle On 1 June, Burnett Leslie Carlisle, MRPharmS, of 279 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia. Mr Carlisle registered in 1967.

Hall On 4 April, Stephen Frederick Hall, FRPharmS, of Room 14 Oaklands House, Lowestoft Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6RY. Mr Hall registered in 1940. He was a former superintendent pharmacist at the Department of Health and Social Security and was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.

Harrison On 12 June, William Kenneth Harrison, MRPharmS, of 9–13 Tynemouth Road, Willington Quay, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear NE28 0AA. Mr Harrison registered in 1971.

Hawley On 25 June, Eleanor Joan Hawley, MRPharmS, of Heugh Lane Cottage, Chesterwood, Haydon Wood, Hexham, Northumberland NE47 6HJ. Mrs Hawley registered in 1949.

Lebon On 27 June, Sidney Lebon, of 8 Grand Lodge, Grand Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 1BG. Mr Lebon registered in 1942 and retired from the register in 1991.

Peters On 28 April, Brian Peters, FRPharmS, of 92 Blurton Road, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST3 2BT. Mr Peters registered in 1950.

Ryder Recently, John Reginald Ryder, MRPharmS, of Swansdowne House, The Street, Gasthorpe, Diss, Norfolk IP22 2TL. Mr Ryder registered in 1967.

Vickers Recently, Edgar Vickers, of 6 Park Road, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 0ET. Mr Vickers registered in 1933 and retired from the register in 2000.

Young On 18 June, Graham Young, MRPharmS, of 681 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 3HA. Mr Young registered in 1965 (see Tribute).

Tribute

Bussell In a tribute to the late Louise Ross Bussell (PJ, 5 July, p32), MARGARET MARTIN writes:

I was sad to hear about the death of Louise Bussell. I knew her in the 1950s when we both worked at Boots. She was a nice person to work with and had a good Welsh sense of humour — she was a lovely lady. I hope she will now be reunited with her fiancé, who died so many years ago.

Young In a tribute to the late Graham Young, TIM COAKER, chairman of Cambridgeshire Local Pharmaceutical Committee, writes:

We were all saddened to hear of the death of Graham, who had been such a significant part of Peterborough health care for 30 years.

Graham was able to demonstrate his complete commitment to the local population by being available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I visited him three weeks before he died and although he was very ill he was still concerned about his customers and how he could be involved in any local pharmacy activities.

Graham was a modest man who was ready to put himself out for fellow pharmacists, general practitioners and anybody who needed his help and support. He was rarely away from his pharmacy or flat above the premises and to him, a break was to sit on the wall outside chatting to passers-by.

Graham had a great love for early 1960s music, which I am sure was a way for him to escape when he had an opportunity.

Graham will be sadly missed by all who were involved with him in Peterborough. Our thoughts go out to his "family" who were the people who had worked for him over the years.