Search Results for: wife

Blackburn

TSS Blackburn 8-10 September 2022   2022 will be remembered in perpetuity. We were at an organ recital, part of the Alan Green lecture by our Blackburn host Andrew Evans, when we learnt that the Queen had died that afternoon. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Coventry

This first TSS visit to Coventry was attended by 28 members of whom at least five surgeons were in active NHS practice, and most others undertake various allied work. The meeting was hosted by Joe and Rachael Hardwicke. Linda de Cossart … Continue reading

Comments Off on Coventry

Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells (often shortened to Tunbridge Wells) is a large affluent town in western Kent, England, about 40 miles (64 km) south-east of central London by road, 34.5 miles (55.5 km) by rail. The town is close to the border of … Continue reading

Comments Off on Tunbridge Wells

Southampton

Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of … Continue reading

Comments Off on Southampton

Sheffield

The name Sheffield derives from the River Sheaf.  It lies in the eastern foothills of the Pennines, and the valleys of the River Don and its four tributaries, the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. 61% of Sheffield’s … Continue reading

Comments Off on Sheffield

Plymouth

Plymouth lies between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound to form the boundary with Cornwall.  Plymouth’s early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement … Continue reading

Comments Off on Plymouth

Oxford

Oxford is known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Buildings in Oxford demonstrate notable examples of every English architectural period since the late Saxon period. Oxford is known as the … Continue reading

Comments Off on Oxford

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough became a county borough within the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1889. In 1968, the borough was merged with a number of others to form the County Borough of Teesside, which was absorbed in 1974 by the county of … Continue reading

Comments Off on Middlesbrough

London

London, with its large population and many hospitals, has been the most frequent venue for home meetings although it was not until 1972 that any meeting was held in the metropolis, perhaps because the purpose of the original Travelling Surgical … Continue reading

Comments Off on London

Leicester

Leicester lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest.  It is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north/south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well … Continue reading

Comments Off on Leicester