The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7289 p300-301
6 March 2004

Society summary

Adams On 20 November 2003, Ronald Alfred Charles Adams, of 41 Kipling Way, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1TD, aged 82, Mr Adams registered in 1987 and retired from the register in 1996. Mr Adams worked in community pharmacy after becoming the oldest pharmacy graduate of Brighton University and completing his preregistration year at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals.

Hunter On 10 January, Forbes Graham Hunter, MRPharmS, of 126 Belsize Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 1L8. Mr Hunter registered in 1961.

Tribute

Coles In a tribute to the late James Coles (PJ, 28 February, p262) DOUGLAS SIMPSON writes:

I was sorry to read of the death of James Coles. Jimmy and I worked happily together behind the scenes when St Joseph’s (now Bromley) Operatic Society performed Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and other shows at Holy Trinity Convent School, Bromley, in the 1970s. Jimmy did the lighting and I built the scenery. We created the environment in which others could enjoy the limelight — a bit like pharmacists do everywhere!

Savage In a tribute to the late Duncan John Savage (PJ, 31 January, p138), DOROTHY BROWNE writes:

John Savage, with his wife Margaret and colleague Noel Hart (who died last year) personified continuing professional development before the Society ever thought of it. They were always ready to offer hospitality and transport, and encouraged others like me to join in with all the local opportunities for learning.

John’s humour and capacity for enjoying life will be greatly missed — as will his friendship.

Thomas In a tribute to the late Edward Rhys Thomas (PJ, 28 February, p262), MARIE CARSON writes:

My first encounter with Edward was after a Mountain Ash and District Choral Society concert in 1989. He was introduced to me as the local pharmacist. I told him that my first job as a chemist assistant was with Idris Isaac, a pharmacist born in Mountain Ash who in the 1960s had had a pharmacy in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Edward had known Idris but had lost touch with him many years earlier.

Edward was a welcoming man and was full of praise for people who served the profession of pharmacy. Although I did not know him when he was practising, it was obvious that he had loved his job and that the community appreciated him. At his funeral, one of the “girls” who had worked for him said that those were the happiest days of her working life.

My husband Paul met Edward when he joined Mountain Ash and District Choral Society and Cwmbach Male Choir — the former is, and the latter was, conducted by one of Edward’s sons-in-law, Andrew Badham.