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Butlin On 4 January, Galen John Butlin, MRPharmS, of 8 Dalby Avenue,
Bushby,
Leicester LE7 9RD. Mr Butlin registered in 1955.
Curtis On 19 April, Drury Paul Curtis, MRPharmS, of 9 Swallow Close, Felixstowe,
Suffolk IP11 9LR. Mr Curtis registered in 1952.
Fell In March, John Wright Fell, MRPharmS, of “Westside”, 13 Heathcote
Road, Austerby, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9JT. Mr Fell registered in 1940.
Gill On 27 March, Ronald Clarke Gill, MRPharmS, of 13 Banks Howe, Onchan, Douglas,
Isle of Man. Mr Gill registered in 1953.
Hall On 23 March, William Alexander Hall, MRPharmS, of 48 All Saints Drive, North
Wootton, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 3RY. Mr Hall registered in 1963 after
qualifying in Belfast (as his father had done) in 1962. In 1963 he moved to Leicester
to take up a post with the then Parke-Davis company. He met and married Rosemary,
née White, also a pharmacist, and together they opened a community pharmacy
in 1966. They moved locations twice before selling their business, W. A. Hall & Co,
in September 2003.
Holmes On 4 March, Geoffrey Charles Holmes, MRPharmS, of 6 Longfellow Road, Banbury,
Oxfordshire OX16 9LB. Mr Holmes registered in 1942.
Hunt Recently, Brian Charles Hunt, MRPharmS, of 18 Daytona Quay, Sovereign Harbour
South, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN23 5BN. Mr Hunt registered in 1959.
Owen On 31 March, Stanley Thomas Owen, FRPharmS,
of 48 St Mawes Drive, Paignton, Devon TQ4 7NS. Mr Owen registered in 1939 (see
Tribute).
Pitt On 10 March, George Allen Pitt, MRPharmS, of “Nicks Fruits”,
105 Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU. Mr Pitt registered in 1933.
Preece On 29 March, John Reynolds Preece, MRPharmS, of 24 Teddington Gardens,
Gloucester GL4 6RJ. Mr Preece registered in 1952 and was the manager of a community
pharmacy in Matson, Gloucester, from 1958 to 1990.
Storr Recently, William Laurence Storr, FRPharmS, of “Ballywest”,
20 Chantry Meadows, Kilham, Driffield, North Humberside YO25 4RB. Mr Storr registered
in 1949 (see Tribute).
Sykes On 3 July 2002, Victor Maxwell Sykes, of 10 Moondara Drive, Nowra, NSW
2541, Australia. Mr Sykes registered in 1940 and retired from the register in
2000.
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Tribute
Hudson In a tribute to the late William
Wright Hudson (PJ, 17 April,
p491), Professor GEOF BOOTH writes:
The death of William (Bill) Wright
Hudson marks the end of a legend in pharmacy in Bradford. The blunt details
of his career do not reflect the totality of his contribution to pharmacy
in Bradford and the West Riding. Registered in 1933, he was typical of
so many of the pharmacists of that era, initially opening a small community
pharmacy and playing an active part in local
affairs.
He was prominent in a number of church Sunday schools, the Boys Brigade and the
Bradford Air Cadets, and in his retirement years was a staunch member of the
YMCA management committee in his beloved Lake District. He enjoyed sea fishing
at Filey, gardening and fell walking.
His influence on his customers and much of the local population was considerable
and it was not without notice that he was a caring pharmacist first and foremost.
Despite all his other activities pharmacy became paramount in his life. He opened
several pharmacies in the Bradford district but perhaps his most important role
was as a founder member, and eventually director and chairman, of the enormously
successful Bradford Chemists’ Alliance, a pharmaceutical wholesaler dominating
the area.
His participation in local pharmaceutical affairs related not solely to prominence
in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s local branch and in the National
Pharmaceutical Association. He was a dedicated supporter of the Bradford school
of pharmacy, becoming a member of the council of the university. He was recognised
by the university’s award of an honorary degree of master of pharmacy,
and later by the Society’s significant award of the Charter silver medal,
the highest recognition of an individual’s contribution to the profession
locally.
Whenever Bill and I met, I knew I would be involved in some scheme or other to
enhance pharmacy in the university or in the community. He had a most invigorating
and engaging enthusiasm, generally culminating in my total agreement with his
ideas. He inspired me greatly with his spirit and integrity.
Bill was a fine family man. His wife Edith and his three children Eunice, Rona
and Neil will miss him terribly and yet have the warm memory of a dedicated,
honourable man whose influence in his chosen career as a pharmacist was prodigious.
He will be long remembered in the West Riding.
Owen In a tribute to the late Stanley Thomas Owen, VICTOR
HAMMOND writes:
Although I never met Stan Owen, I feel as though I know
him since we began corresponding about our wartime experiences in 1992.
It transpired that we served in the same unit, 37 Reserve Base Medical
Stores, Avadi, Madras, India. Stan was there from February to September
1944 and I finished my service in India and Burma before returning
home in the summer of 1946.
As a result of our correspondence I made contact with many of our mutual
wartime acquaintances, most of whom have died in recent years. My last
letter from
Stan was in September 2002.
All of those who knew him spoke of him with the pleasure of knowing a helpful
colleague with a keen sense of humour.
Storr In a tribute to
the late William
Laurence Storr, GEOFFREY H. S. TAN writes:
I am saddened to hear that Bill Storr has
passed away at a great age of 82 years. I am also sad that it happened
shortly after I sold the very community pharmacy in which Bill used to
assist me, and that I am no longer able to tell some of his surviving
customers.
Bill started work as a pharmacy apprentice in Selby, Yorkshire, but unfortunately
the 1939–45 war broke out and he volunteered and served as a navigation
officer to the Lancaster bombers of the Royal Air Force, for which he trained
in East London and Cape Town, South Africa. He had such wonderful memories
there that a few years ago he went back with his wife to visit.
After the war he continued his pharmacy training and qualified in 1949 at the
school of pharmacy in Brighton. After he qualified he had a spell of employment
with Boots The Chemists in Bournemouth town centre. In later years he worked
for Savory & Moore and managed the pharmacy at Endsbury Park Road, Bournemouth,
for many years until Savory & Moore offered to sell the shop to him. He
accepted and was proprietor of that pharmacy for over 25 years.
It was towards his retirement that I first met him, over 20 years ago. I remember
him as a quiet and kind Yorkshire lad, and I cannot forget the help and advice
he offered me, or, indeed, anyone. He is survived by his wife Brenda |
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