I joined the Army during the Med School years to help pay for accommodation (Benwell!) and wedding…. lasted 52 years with lovely Ynez so far! Started general practice training in Germany but switched to Ophthalmology with happy times in Germany, Israel and Hong Kong.  Left a rapidly shrinking RAMC for a job in Middlesbrough and…

Dear friends in Class of 75 Marit and I are now living in Oslo, with all our four children and seven grandchildren within 15 minutes reach by car or tram. Both of us are now retired and spend much time at our cottages by the sea at Larkollen or in the mountains near Vinstra. We…

I trained in general medicine in Newcastle, then Clinical Oncology in Edinburgh and finally, a consultant at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee (& with involvement in research, became an honorary professor). After 26 years as a consultant, I was, however, happy to retire in 2012. By that stage, our 3 children were either down south or abroad,…

After qualifying, Newcastle GP training scheme, before partnership in Barnard Castle. Married to Jennie (class of 74), three children and 7 grandchildren. I retired 2017. I enjoy many outdoor pursuits, involved in local charity work and volunteering -though this does not involve guiding people to Specsavers.

I retired in December 2019, returning part-time in the January. Well, we all know what happened the following month – I was made full-time to help with non-invasive ventilation on our Covid wards. I managed to miss getting Covid, but things are now back to’ post Covid normal’. I am now back to doing a…

This is a difficult short summary to write because since retiring from pathology and the NHS around 10 years ago, professionally, I have been happy to be away from the madness. I briefly returned during the pandemic but found it all too depressing. Beth and I live in a small village in North Yorkshire together…

After completing house jobs & two SHO posts I lived in India with my partner Sabhai.  He died & I returned to England with my children Irayna & Shivan in 1996. I completed the Cleveland GP training scheme and worked in Teesside until I retired in 2011.  Now I enjoy my family, gardening, walking and many other things,…

I met Kath when she was a trainee nurse in Bristol and I was a patient. We emigrated to Newcastle for my medical training and some of you will remember Kath as a sister on the coronary care unit in the RVI. June 75 was a memorable time as our first child Lucy arrived 2…

I think that I am the last idiot working, it’s like a routine that is hard to give up, seeing people and giving them new hips and knees. I still enjoy it and have reworked life to allow for lots of travel as well as work. I had no idea of what my career was…

After house-jobs at the RVI and demonstrating at Glasgow, my German wife, Angela, took me to Germany. After doing the usual stuff there, I was allowed to run a Dept of Vascular Surgery for some 30 years. However, well before retirement in 2018, I had become involved with Timor-Leste. Angela has allowed me to go…