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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7337 p219-220
19 February 2005


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Obituaries & tributes

Margaret Dorothy Bailey Roy Longster TRIBUTE
David Stewart Dawson Charles Henry Lowe Bruce Kiddie
Alan John Kerslake John Armour Mars  
Bruce Kiddie Myfyr Owens  
Thomas William Litchfield Robert William Oakley Stevens  

Bailey On 1 November 2004, Margaret Dorothy Bailey, MRPharmS, of The Chalet, 264 Billing Road East, Northampton NN3 3LH. Mrs Bailey registered in 1959.

Dawson On 2 February, David Stewart Dawson, MRPharmS, of 22 High Street, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire TD8 6AG. Mr Dawson registered in 1979.

Kerslake On 6 February, Alan John Kerslake, MRPharmS, of 46 East Street, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 7AX. Mr Kerslake registered in 1936.

Kiddie On 24 December 2004, Bruce Kiddie, of 62 Dalkeith Road, Dundee DD4 7JH. Mr Kiddie registered in 1948 and retired from the register in 1997 (see Tribute).

Litchfield On 7 January, Thomas William Litchfield, FRPharmS, of Holly Villa, Gatherley Road, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 7JF. Mr Litchfield registered in 1948.

Longster On 31 January, Roy Longster, MRPharmS, of 10 Templegate Rise, Whitkirk, Leeds LS15 0HG. Mr Longster registered in 1957.

Lowe On 30 November 2004, Charles Henry Lowe, MRPharmS, of Oswald House, 48 Mansfield Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3AD. Mr Lowe registered in 1936.

Mars On 4 February, John Armour Mars, FRPharmS, of Maurice House, Callis Court Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 3AH. Mr Mars registered in 1950.

Owens On 19 July 2004, Myfyr Owens of 10 Victoria Court, Caswell Drive, Swansea SA3 4RW, Mr Owens registered in 1951 and retired from the register in 1986.

Stevens On 13 February, Robert William Oakley Stevens, MRPharmS, of Chesham House, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5EY. Mr Stevens registered in 1955. He formerly owned pharmacies in Erith and New Eltham, South East London. Funeral: St Nicholas’ Church, Chislehurst, 21 February, 1.45pm.

Tribute

Kiddie In a tribute to the late Bruce Kiddie (see p219), DON MEEKISON writes:

Scottish pharmacy lost one of its best loved characters just before Christmas with the death, after a long illness, of Bruce Kiddie.

Bruce was well loved by the Stobswell community of Dundee where, for almost 40 years, he ran his pharmacy with his wife Babs.

Bruce had a great love of golf and was a lynchpin of Dundee and District Pharmacy Golf Club, serving twice as captain and many years as secretary. For 15 years, with his great friend Ron Duncan, he organised the Scottish Chemists Golf Outing, first at Gleneagles, then at Dalmahoy and Gullane.

Bruce’s friendly manner, his sense of fun and good humour made him an extremely popular companion. His great personality added much to all occasions. Bruce was a talented musician playing the trumpet in jazz bands all his life and his funeral service was memorable for pieces of his favourite music beautifully played by a jazz quartet.

Bruce will be missed by his many friends. Our sympathy goes out to Babs, daughter Pamela, and sons Graeme, Roy and Derek.

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