Fyvie reminiscences [compact disc]
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Formartine Partnership 2008.
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1 compact disc (43 min.)
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Formartine Oral History Project ; FP010719
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Interviewed by Helen Taylor on 13/1/07Summary: Dr Taylor was born in Fife, his father was a banker; didn't live long there, moved to Aberdeenshire, went to Banchory Academy, then Aberdeen Uni to do a medical degree, which he graduated in 1950; he talks about his first job in Orkney as a GP, then when married, moved to Lancashire to work; patients mainly miners who were suffering silicosis; did that for 3 years; Dr Taylor went back to work in Orkney islands; worked in Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall, which only had one surgeon, resulting in the GPs having all the work to do; transport was via boat, lifeboat or ferry; moved to Aberdeenshire so children could go to secondary education on mainland; He then spends the rest of the interview talking about his time as a GP in Fyvie, from when he first arrived and was presented with a property 'Ythanside' by Sir Ian Forbes-Leith of Fyvie Castle, as the previous doctor's house was needed for Castle staff, to the challenges of running a practice in a parish with 1700 patients which would increase when Rothienorman was added. Dr Taylor talks about the people in Fyvie, living conditions in the village, common ailments, the new Fyvie Health Centre, incomers from the oil industry to the village, prescription medicine, the Fyvie pharmacist, Aberdeen Medical School, how he became a medical examiner for the Civil Aviation Authority in 1973 and carried on that duty til he retired in 1993. He was able to keep up his interest in medicine after being appointed Chair of the Grampian Health Care Trust; he bemoans the lack of community spirit compared with the early days in the village, and says people don't know each other any more, he ends by praising the medical staff in hospitals today after going in for an appointment himself; his son and grandson are both doctors and he says he would do it all again given the chance, but perhaps work in hospitals instead.
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English
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218138