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especially at night, and have stocks of food and medicines so they don’t need to
go out during very cold weather. OBITUARIES

More detailed advice can be found on the NHS Choices website - www.nhs.uk more. When Berlin was blockaded he took part in the Berlin Airlift. He
acquired his German language skills during the Berlin airlift. His final

flight in 1949 for Flight Refuelling was in a Lancastrian refuelling a Meteor setting
Triage Procedures/GP Telephone Assessments the record, at that time, for continuous flight circling the UK for 12 hours. By this
time he was married to Patsy and his first daughter, Carol, was 20 months old.
Please telephone the Surgery between 8.30-9.00 am if you require an urgent
appointment that day. The GP will call you back, please be prepared to discuss The family lived in a Nissen hut on Stansted airfield. Gordon’s DIY skills were put
your request with the on call GP who will provide advice or arrange the most to good use making the hut comfortable. Many other aircrew did the same.
appropriate appointment for you. This service operates every weekday except They formed a strong community of young people astounded to have survived
Wednesdays. the war.

In 1950 he joined the Foreign Office in what was to become the Diplomatic
Open Surgery Wireless Service. He ran radio stations providing secure communications from
British embassies and high commissions around the world where there were
This takes place every Wednesday morning from 8.30-9.30 approx. No political or civil issues. In India he acquired some Hindi; he learnt Norwegian on
appointments are necessary. Please register at Reception. Patients are seen in post in Norway, perfected his schoolboy French in Tunisia, used French again in
order of arrival. There may be a wait, although there are often 2 GPs in Saigon and later in Zaire and learnt basic Mandarin in Beijing.
attendance.
Gordon’s second daughter, Susan, was born in Norway, and his son, John,

although born in England, was a mere 6 weeks old when flown to Tunisia for a
Improved Access/Remote Booking two and a half year posting.
Patients can now book an appointment to see a GP on weekday evenings (after During Gordon’s working life he kept abreast of technical developments,
6.30 pm) or at the weekend - Saturdays and Sundays. These appointments will presenting papers for technical improvements in his field that were adopted. In
take place at Poole Hospital, Victoria Hospital Wimborne or Swanage Hospital. To his role as a diplomat, he and his wife established themselves within the local
book an appointment, please contact the Surgery. community (except in Beijing where foreign contact was not encouraged by
the Chinese government) and entertained other members of the diplomatic

community. He and his family remained a unit, travelling together.
November 5th Bonfire/Firework Celebrations
He was and remained post-retirement, interested in politics, economics,
Please remember to secure your own and other peoples’ safety during this quantum physics, mathematics and bought books and subscribed to
period. Be especially aware of the effect the firework noise has on all animals , periodicals (The Economist, Investors Chronicle, New Scientist) to contribute to
especially household pets. these interests. Reading non-fiction and carrying out research and analysis was
a major source of enjoyment for him. Fiction and light reading had little interest

for him.
Training Day
This did not prevent him weaving many entertaining
Please note the Surgery will be closed on Tuesday November 13th between 1.30-
stories for his children. For his eldest child, Carol, there
4.30pm
were stories of Achi Baba and the pink elephant,
If there is an urgent situation when the Surgery is closed call the NHS 111 service inspired by the elephants Carol saw in India. For John
for advice, or call 999 in an emergency. and Susan there were tales of dinosaurs, Douglas and
Diana and all the dinky, little dinosaurs. John’s
Bere Regis Surgery - Telephone number: 01929 471268 children, Harriet and Oliver, were also fed a diet of
dinosaurs, mixed with bars of Kit Kat.

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