Death of pharmacist at 102
A retired pharmacist in Suffolk has died at the age of 102 (see p471).
Martin Graham was born on 22 September 1904. He left school at 14 to
take up a pharmacy apprenticeship in his home town of Invergordon at
a starting salary of 2s 6d (12.5p) a week. After nine years he left to
serve a further two-year apprenticeship in London before moving to Aberdeen
in 1926 to study at the Robert Gordon School of Pharmacy. On gaining
his pharmacy certificate, he joined his pharmacist brother Alister to
work as a manager for the Catton Chemists chain in Ilford.
Later he acquired a pharmacy business in Haverhill, Suffolk. He retired
at the age of 86, leaving his son Gordon (who died in 2002) to run the
business. He left the Register in 2003. He leaves three daughters, eight
grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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