Wow! 50 years since starting house jobs. How the world has changed. I set off doing the Newcastle GP training scheme and then after a year in community paediatrics in West End Newcastle became a partner in practice in Greater Manchester. Marriage to Roger a solicitor and twin boys followed. An interesting spell in community…

After completing GP training in Carlisle I married Anne and we worked in the same practice in Darlington for 30 years. We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. I became an examiner for the RCGP and was awarded my FRCGP. Towards the end of my career I became involved in GP management with the PCT…

I was a GP in the West End of Newcastle until I retired in 2011, and was also involved in teaching evidence-based medicine and in primary care research. I published a few articles and papers and did an MSc in Health Sciences, which livened up the last few years of my professional life. I met…

I have just been reviewing all the photos of the Class of 75 from our previous year books. It’s hard to believe that most of those “fresh young faces” have now contributed to the frontiers of medicine ……..and retired ! I look at my own photos – I had a head of hair and it…

I retired in July 2015 having spent 40 years working for the NHS in hospital medicine! The last 17 plus years were working maximum part time as an Associate Specialist in Haematology and Oncology – a brilliant and unique post!   Retirement is hectic. We have six grandchildren, ranging from 9 to 13years old- each of…

Greetings All With the help of a pacemaker, NOACs and a UKR I’m managing to keep going. Squash has been reduced to a social knock just one or twice a week, but I manage a spin class 3 or 4 times a week. Still fly fishing for salmon in Northumberland and Wales . Chris and…

After 30 years in general practice in Glasgow John and I retired to the Cotswolds to be nearer our four sons. We now have seven grandchildren ranging in age from ten down to four months. I keep fit walking and looking after our large garden. We sing in two choirs and enjoy catching up with…

Hi All! Still going strong. I took my NHS pension at 60 and carried on working for Northumbria Trust on the bank and privately at the Nuffield until 2019 when I hung up my anaesthetic tackle for good and became chief wedding planner for our daughter Katie and her lovely husband Simon. Glorious day at…

I ended up as an Ophthalmologist in Birmingham specialising in Vitreo-retinal Surgery. I enjoyed work very much but have had absolutely no difficulty settling into retirement. We spend about a third of our time at our cottage near Embleton on the NE coast and still see a lot of old Med School chums when we…

Not much change in the Burn household. Linda and I still live in Sanderson Rd, Jesmond; I returned after retirement 9 years ago and am still working “part time” as Professor of Clinical Genetics, nearing the end of 34 years in that job. The research into preventing hereditary cancer with aspirin is going well and…