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Bailey On 10 May, Penelope Anne Bailey, MRPharmS, aged 62, of Chatteris,
The Avenue, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2LP. Mrs Bailey registered in 1967.
Cheetham On 3 June, George Horace Cheetham, MRPharmS, aged 98, of 26 Kempnough
Hall Road, Worsley, Manchester M28 2GN. Mr Cheetham registered in 1930.
Gabrielle On 4 May, Sophie Jane Gabrielle (née Turner), MRPharmS, aged
34, of The Mews, Home Farm Court, Deane Road, Stokeinteignhead, Newton Abbot,
Devon TQ12 4QF. Mrs Gabrielle registered in 1998.
Hinshelwood In May, Florence Hinshelwood, MRPharmS, aged 95, of Retail Trust,
Crookfur House, Crookfur Cottage Homes, Crookfur Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
G77 6JY. Miss Hinshelwood registered in 1934.
Jefferies On 15 April, Rodgers Featherstone Jefferies, MRPharmS, aged 74, of
Valley View, Main Road, Lower Hartshay, Ripley, Derby DE5 3RP. Mr Jefferies registered
in 1959.
McBean On 30 May, Evelyn McBean, MRPharmS, aged 70, of 463 Woodchurch Road, Prenton,
Merseyside CH43 0SH. Mrs McBean registered in 1958.
Woodhouse On 8 June, John Bramley Woodhouse, MRPharmS, aged 83, of 80 The Esplanade,
Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 7BG. Mr Woodhouse registered in 1944.
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Tribute
Lawrie In a tribute
to the late William
King Lawrie (PJ, 9 June, p690),
GERRY GREEN writes:
May I presume to write on behalf of all members of
staff of the R. Gordon Drummond pharmacy chain who knew Bill Lawrie
during the years he worked for that company, to offer our condolences
to his
family at this sad time. I was chief executive officer and superintendent
pharmacist of Drummonds from 1982 to 1985, when Bill retired.
I appointed him as professional services manager for our group, charged
with the task of working with external consultants to establish computerised
labelling
and patient record systems for our group of pharmacies to which we later added
branch financial accountability systems in order to report weekly sales, etc,
via a computer link communicating with our head office.
In those early 1980s days this was pioneering work, but Bill managed to see
the systems installed within a year of starting this work. He then ran the
headquarters
helpline, which talked through our branch staff as they adapted over the ensuing
months to these new and somewhat revolutionary systems, a task he managed with
great patience and cheerfulness.
It was very much through his efforts that we became the first multiple group
to keep patient medication records, order from our wholesale supplier and report
each week sales and purchases by branches to headquarters by computerised systems.
As your contributor Arnold
Morton stated (PJ, 9 June, p690). Bill was indeed
a gentleman and a great credit to his profession as a pharmacist in the eyes
of everyone who had the pleasure to meet him. I will miss his cheery newsletter
every Christmas with his Christmas card when December 2007 comes around.
PHILIP ROGERS writes:
It was with great sadness that I learnt through The
Journalof the passing of Bill Lawrie. I had the privilege of working with
him during the mid-1980s when he was professional services manager for Drummonds.
During
what was the first part of my career in community pharmacy, Bill’s professional
wisdom and insight as a mentor were second to none. After his retirement in 1989
we kept in touch, and he always kept an interest as my career took me into academia.
His friendly phone calls, particularly around the Christmas season, will now
be greatly missed. Pharmacy has lost a gentleman and true professional.
Lofthouse In a
tribute to the late Charles
Culverwell Lofthouse (PJ,
19 May, p593), KEITH STEAD writes:
I was saddened to read of the death
of Charles Lofthouse. I met Charles as a member of the British Society
for the History of Pharmacy, and we soon found that we came from the
same part of the country: the Fylde, Lancashire. He joined me as an
honorary auditor of the BSHP about 10 years ago.
We both attended the annual conference in Wakefield less than three
weeks before he died. He seemed his normal self apart from his delayed
arrival because of
a congested motorway drive from his home in Chatham.
Charles lived on his own and his career was in community pharmacy with no
connection in business to the family firm. During the time that I have known
him he acted
as a community pharmacy locum gradually reducing his commitment to days or
half days for a few favoured friends. He finally gave up in 2005 and joined
the non-practising section of the Register.
From listening to him talking about his locum work he was obviously assiduous
in carrying out his duties and responsibilities.
We shall very much miss his services as honorary auditor and as a firm friend
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