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Career
A bit like school, after residencies in Stobhill
and the Victoria, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. After a year of delivering
babies in Rottenrow and the Queen Mothers’, I knew a lifetime of this would not
be ideal, especially being colour blind. This however helped me with
anaesthetics as I panicked later than everyone else! I enjoyed the acute stuff
but found the routine tiresome. Being a blether I decided I was better suited
to the variety and challenges of General Practice, initially in East Kilbride
where I was able to combine this with 4 sessions of anaesthetics at Hairmyres
for 10 years. I joined my father in Practice in the Gorbals in 1979, enjoying a
satisfying career until retirement at the end of 2009. The practice enlarged
and developed over the years, being successful in fund holding, the IT
revolution and gaining QPA. |
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Yvonne and I have been happily partnered for 10 yrs, 5 of them married. My 3 daughters from my first marriage all graduated from University and are successfully following their careers. All are happily partnered. No grandchildren yet.
Still enjoying sport including tennis golf skiing and curling. Also into gardening in a big way, including an allotment.
We enjoy concerts of all kinds, the theatre and travelling the world, our latest trip being to Alaska this coming May with class mates the Nunns and Richards. |
