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Van Der Colff On 12 May,
Marthinus Hermanus Van Der Colff, MRPharmS, of 11 Mount Pleasant, Keyworth,
Nottingham NG12 5EP. Mr Van Der Colff
registered in 1961 (see Tribute).
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Tribute
Shilton In a tribute to
the late Jill
Mary Shilton (PJ, 28 May, p664),
JANE YATES writes:
It was with deep sadness that I heard of the death
of Jill. I first met her in the mid-1980s when I was a captain in the
Royal Army Medical Corps and she was a lecturer at the Tri-Service
Pharmacy Technician Training School at the RAMC Training Centre, Keogh
Barracks,
Mytchett, Hampshire. Later on, when I becamse head of career employment
group for pharmacy technicians, I spoke to her on numerous occasions
regarding training matters and always welcomed her sound advice and
judgement.
She was dedicated to her young students. I can remember when there
were problems with the lack of chemistry teachers and she enrolled
her husband John to help
out. She was certainly resourceful. She would organise outings for her students
to local hospitals and industry and, if I was not stationed too far away, she
would invite me also. One memorable visit was to Broadmoor.
I last saw Jill in the late 1990s, after I had left the Regular Army, when
I met her and John at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. Her widespread knowledge gained
from her studies and travels would fascinate me. She was a truly remarkable
person
and I am the better for having known her.
Van Der Colff In a tribute
to the late Marthinus
Hermanus Van Der Colff, JON MERRILLS writes:
Tinus Van Der Colff
was an Afrikaaner born in Malawi, the son of missionary parents. His
father was a dominee
(minister) in the Dutch Reformed Church. He talked about his childhood
in Malawi with great affection — a loving but strict family life
combined with the freedom to roam with his young African friends.
He became an apprentice in the local pharmacy in the Eastern Transvaal
and then moved to Durban to learn English and study for his pharmacy
diploma. In
1960 he came to Europe on an extended working holiday, where he met his wife
Janet. They returned to South Africa and married.
Tinus worked in a number of pharmacies across South Africa. But in 1969 the
family became concerned about the growing problems of apartheid and came back
to the UK, where Tinus took up a position with the rapidly expanding Foster
group of pharmacies in Nottingham. It was there that I met him, and our families
became great friends. He later worked at Glenn’s Pharmacy in Shepshed,
became superintendent pharmacist for the Snowden-James Group, and then bought
a pharmacy at Langwith in north Nottinghamshire. After several happy years
the travelling became more difficult and he sold Langwith and opened a tiny
village pharmacy in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, for a final contented few years
before retirement two years ago.
Outside pharmacy Tinus loved music, the arts, and handicrafts. He was a talented
artist who was developing his own distinctive style with glass objects.
Friends, neighbours and colleagues were important for Tinus. He was unfailingly
polite, sympathetic and resourceful where patients were concerned. He was a
master at counter-prescribing. Perhaps more importantly, he had great empathy
with patients. He always knew instinctively what they needed. As his local
GP and long-time friend said, “This is what made him a healer. In our
minds we can still hear his voice and that is some consolation.” He will
be greatly missed by everyone who met him.
A celebration of his life was held on 24 May 2005, with donations going to
the Hunter Trust, which funds education in Malawi.
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