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Allen On 3 December 2006,
John Arthur Allen, aged 85, of Hydref, 2 Llys Gwilim, Pentre, Llanrhaeadr,
Denbigh, Clwyd, and formerly of Wistaston,
Crewe. Mr Allen registered in 1944 and retired from the Register in 1985.
(Tribute)
Chester On 15 December 2006, Peter Michael Chester, MRPharmS, aged 68, of Oakleigh,
Millhouse Lane, Goole, North Humberside DN14 5JX. Mr Chester registered in 1960.
Forster On 18 December, John Edward Hall Forster, FRPharmS, aged 74, of North
Court, North Road, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 0AA, Mr Forster registered
in 1954. He spent his career in pharmaceutical wholesaling with the family firm
of Hall Forster & Co Ltd, becoming managing director. He was a long-serving
council member of the National Association of Pharmaceutical Distributors and
was its chairman for 1978–80. He was chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society’s
Northumbrian branch in 1967 and secretary of the local organising committee for
the British Pharmaceutical Conference held in Newcastle in 1980. (Tribute)
Gray On 6 November 2006, Ann Maxwell Gray, aged 69 years, of 15 Woodcroft Drive,
Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2XW. Miss Gray registered in 1962 and retired from
the Register in 2005. She worked in a variety of employments, including hospital
pharmacy, community pharmacy and manufacturing, and ended her career in the pharmacy
department of Eastbourne District General Hospital.
Jeffery On 17 December 2006, Herbert John Neville Jeffery, MRPharmS, aged 90,
of Maniton, Camp Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5NJ. Mr Jeffery registered
in 1941.
Large On 24 December 2006, Marianne
Large, of 283 Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AQ. Miss Large was a pharmacy graduate
whose illness prevented her competing her
preregistration year. (Tribute)
Levine On 11 December 2006, Seymour Levine, MRPharmS, aged 72, of 102 Spencer
Close, Finchley, London N3 3TZ. Mr Levine registered in 1958.
Stow On 25 October 2006, Andrew Walter Stow, MRPharmS, aged 51, of 1 Rua Do Tassara,
Coloane Village, Macau, China SAR. Mr Stow registered in 1978. He was president
of the British Pharmaceutical Students Association for 1977–78. In 1980
he moved to Macau, initially working as a pharmacist and then as a discotheque
manager. In 1989 he opened Lord Stow’s Bakery, where he blended Portuguese
and British culinary techniques to create a baked custard tart, the “Macau
egg tart”, that has acquired an international following. He was awarded
a medal of merit in 2005 for promoting tourism in Macau.
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Tributes
Agnew In a tribute
to the late Edward
Agnew (PJ, 16 December 2006, p755),
MALCOLM ESPLEY writes:
I would like to pay tribute to my old friend Ted
Agnew who died recently. I first met Ted in 1993 while working at Chirk
and I was full of admiration for his dedication to pharmacy. He was
popular with the patients and the Chirk doctors, who valued his expertise.
Certainly
he was held in high esteem and great affection. He was a lovely person
and I treasured his friendship.
Allen In
a tribute to the late John Arthur
Allen, BRIAN
COOPER writes:
I met John Allen at the beginning of my professional career
in 1959 when I joined Calmic as a new graduate. John was works manager
of our small manufacturing unit, a job which he carried out with professional
skill, good humour and a light but effective management style. The
company in those days was fun to work for with a unique and idiosyncratic
style,
as those who were with us at the time will well remember.
John qualified from Liverpool during the war and for the last part
of the war he served on troopships as a pharmacist. After demobilisation
he worked in
hospital pharmacy in Manchester and his home town of Wrexham, but in the
early 1950s he joined Calmic, where he was at first responsible for
product development
and subsequently became works manager.
It was during this time that John met his future wife Peggy, who remained
his constant companion and good friend for all of his life until she sadly
died
shortly before him. Their hospitality and sense of fun is remembered by all
of their friends.
John retired from Calmic, which was by this time part of the Wellcome organisation,
in 1979, but before long he was back working for Wellcome in Kenya as a consultant
in its manufacturing organisation there. This began a love affair with Kenya
for John and Peggy, which lasted for many years.
When they completely retired, John and Peggy moved to a small village in
Denbighshire. Even though I had left Calmic many years before, my wife and
I continued to
visit them, enjoying their company and reminiscences.
John and Peggy had no children but they enjoyed strong ties with their families
in North Wales and took a special interest in their nephews. My wife and
I felt privileged to know John and Peggy, we remember them with great affection
and we offer our deep condolences to their families.
Forster In
a tribute to the late John Edward
Hall Forster,
HUGH BUTLER writes:
John Forster came from a family of pharmacists. His
grandfather started the family company, Hall Forster & Co Ltd
of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1908. His father Norman joined the company
in 1927 after qualifying from Bloomsbury Square, and John in due course
became chairman and managing director until his retirement on the sale
of the business in 1994.
John took an active interest in almost every group involved in pharmaceutical
wholesaling, where over some 40 years his experience and enthusiasm proved
invaluable to the industry and to his colleagues.
After participation in the Northern Wholesale Druggists Association, John played
an active part in the formation of the National Association of Pharmaceutical
Distributors (now the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers ) in
1966, and was chairman in 1978–80. He was a founder member of Onward
Pharmaceutical Services Ltd, formed to act as a buying group and discussion
forum for independent wholesalers and, in 1974, Hall Forster was one of the
first wholesaler shareholders in NPU Marketing Ltd on the formation of the
Care Chemists group, which afterwards became Numark. John was a director of
Numark Management Ltd from 1976 to 1990 and chairman from 1985 to 1988.
John was also involved for a while with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical
Wholesalers and learnt many new ideas, and formed lasting friendships, around
the world.
It has been a great privilege and pleasure to have enjoyed John’s friendship,
and on many occasions, his support, over so many years. My thoughts are with
Katy and John’s family, to whom I send my sympathy and best wishes.
Iles In a
tribute to the late John
George Iles (PJ, 2 December 2006,
p676), ANNE FELTON writes:
John Iles came a little later than usual to
pharmacy: his first degree was in physics, and mathematics was always
one of his great interests. He was the son, grandson and father of pharmacists,
and at one time there were three related Ileses on the Register.
For many years he ran the old established family business in Highbury,
and took an interest in pharmaceutical politics. He was a staunch supporter
of
the Pharmaceutical Society’s North Metropolitan branch, holding all its
offices over the years. He also had a session on Council, but was not impressed
enough to seek
re-election. After he retired he joined the British Society for the History
of Pharmacy and was the treasurer for some years.
John also took interest in many other organisations, among them the London
Society, and his local residents association, and he was always prepared to
work for them. He was an excellent pianist and played the organ for his local
church. The coming of the computer age fascinated him and he took full advantage
of it, even to the extent of ceasing to buy newspapers, but reading them on
line.
In all John was a well rounded character who will be missed by many people
as well as his family.
Large In a tribute to the late Marianne Large, ALISON EWING,
clinical director of pharmacy, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University
Hospitals NHS Trust, writes:
Despite having cystic fibrosis, Marianne
Large completed her degree in pharmacy at Manchester University in 2004.
She became a preregistration trainee at the Royal Liverpool Hospital
in August that year.
She was bright, enthusiastic and dedicated and, in spite of her enormous
health problems, never complained and worked twice as hard to compensate.
She was
determined to achieve her objective of being a hospital pharmacist, but her
health deteriorated and sadly she was unable to complete her preregistration
year.
She was a shining example to us all of how to get on with living life no matter
how difficult things become and I know that she influenced many people in a
positive way. I am personally sorry she was not able to attain her MRPharmS — a
title she would have been so proud of. The profession has been robbed of someone
who would have been a superb pharmacist.
At her funeral, the priest summed Marianne up perfectly by quoting her motto
for life: “Wash your hands to prevent the spread of germs and live your
life to the full!”
My deepest sympathies go to her family, who supported her unfailingly in achieving
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