The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7385 p119-120
28 January 2006

Society summary

Crompton On 28 December, Edith Annie (“Nan”) Crompton (née Ackroyd), FRPharmS, aged 80, of Martins Hatch, Weston-Under-Wetherley, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV33 9BW. Mrs Crompton registered in 1946 after an apprenticeship with Boots The Chemists Ltd and study at the University of Nottingham, where she gained an external BPharm degree of the University of London. Her early working life was spent in Nottingham where, among other jobs, she worked for Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd researching into iron deficiency anaemia and vitamin-B12. After marrying and starting a family, she chose the flexibility of a career as a locum. She went on to work as a locum in both community and hospital practice well into her 70s (Tribute).

Harris On 8 January, Thomas Alan Harris, MRPharmS, aged 74, of 9 Abbotts Walk, Lechlade Park, Lechlade, Gloucestershire GL7 3DB. Mr Harris registered in 1955.

Jones On 6 December 2005, Rosemary Helga Jones, MRPharmS, of Tigh Duin, Queen Street, Monifieth, Dundee, Angus. Mrs Jones registered in 1967.

Miller On 19 December 2005, Sidney Solomon Miller, MRPharmS, aged 83, of 45 The Campions, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 5QE. Mr Miller registererd in 1949.

Shah On 16 December 2005, Mahendra Kumar Velji Shah, MRPharmS, of PO Box 46166, Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Shah registered in 1964.

Stephens On 19 September 2005, Derrick George Stephens, MRPharmS, aged 69, of 9 Richmond Dale, Durdham Downs, Bristol BS8 2UB. Mr Stephens registered in 1961.

Wray On 21 December 2005, Norman Jack Wray, aged 89, of 10 Rushmere Road, Northampton NN1 5RY. Mr Wray registered in 1940 and retired from the register in 2001.

Tribute

Crompton In a tribute to the late Edith Annie Crompton, GERALDINE GOWARD writes:

“Nan” Crompton had an exceptionally long career working in pharmacy. At an age when most pharmacists are retired or doing the occasional day locum, Nan was undertaking full working weeks in addition to travelling as far as the Isle of Wight. In her 70s, Nan was bringing to the pharmacy not only 50 years’ experience but the energy and competence of any younger colleague.

Nan was to be seen regularly at continuing professional development evening meetings, taking a lively part in discussions and embracing new ideas that she then transferred to the work environment. It is the dedication and commitment of pharmacists like Nan that has moved pharmacy so far forward in the past half century.

Pereira In a tribute to the late Wiseman Joseph Edmund Pereira, NED STIDOLPH writes:

May I add a line to Peter Troughton’s apposite tribute to Edmund Pereira? I filled a number of locum engagements in Mr Pereira’s area over more than a decade. Some were arranged formally; some, as is inevitable, in an emergency verbal agreement over the telephone.

He was not only urbane and courteous but an honourable man in the old fashioned sense of the word. On one occasion when a computer glitch had stopped the firm’s payments into my account it was three months before my long suffering bank manager said anything. By that time the firm owed me a considerable amount. It was nobody’s fault, but we all know how long multiple branch firms take to put right such matters. Not so Eddie Pereira. As the one who had engaged me, he took the matter as his personal responsibility. The morning after I brought the problem to his attention I received his personal cheque for the full amount. How long he took to get reimbursed I do not know. As I said, “an honourable man”.