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Edge On 25 April, Harold Edge, aged 81, of Smithills Deane Road, Bolton.
Mr Edge registered in 1948 and retired from the Register in 2005 (see
Tribute).
Mckie On 18 June, William Mckie, MRPharmS, aged 90, of 21 Upton Court,
Braeside Gardens, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 6LS. Mr Mckie registered
in 1941.
Parr On 10 March, John (Jack) Parr, aged 101, of Park Road, Westhoughton,
Bolton (see Tribute).
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Tributes
Edge
and Parr In a tribute
to the late Harold
Edge and the late John
Parr, HARRY WHITE writes:
My first introduction to Harold
was as his apprentice at Timothy Whites, Bradshawgate, Bolton (now Smalls
Army Stores).
He was the perfect gentleman, who never swore or lost his temper, which
was tried at times because the old pharmacy had low beams in the cellar
and a narrow staircase
with no handrail.
Harold moved to McAllisters, Market Street, Westhoughton (now a Rowlands pharmacy)
in 1956, taking over as manager from John Parr (known as Jack). Jack had managed
the pharmacy for over 20 years and even after Harold took over, he used to come
in and do the book-keeping.
To mark his 100th birthday in June 2005, Jack donated some shares he had purchased
in the 1980s to Christie Cancer Hospital in Manchester. The hospital was amazed
to receive £1.78m on cashing the shares and will never forget his generosity.
Harold Edge was possibly the only person who could have given a full account
of Jack’s life but, sadly, he died about a month after Jack.
Jack lived in Park Road, Westhoughton, with his wife Doris for over 60 years
until she died eight years ago. The couple had no children.
Harold leaves a wife Kathleen, sons Michael and James, and daughter Louise.
These two pharmacists will be sadly missed by all those who had the good fortune
to have known them. |
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Pharmaceutical Journal