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| 25th April 1936 | Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne | |
| c.June 1939 | Dad got new job, so moved to Chester-le-Street | |
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September 1941 – July 1947
September 1944 6 November 1946 |
Attended St Cuthbert’s RC Primary School . Passed Scholarship
Grandfather William Herbert “Bert’ died at St John of God Hospital, Scorton Brother David born at ‘Craigie Lea Maternity Home’ in Low Fell |
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| September 1947 – July 1954 | Attended St Cuthbert’s RC Grammar School, Newcastle, ( (Dad went here in early 1920’s); gaining ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels | |
| September 1954 – 1960 | Following ‘Vocations exhibition’ in Newcastle , became A Hospitaller Brother of St John of God – postulant , noice and temporary vows for about 4 1/2 years | |
| 1959 | Qualified as State Registered Nurse (SRN) | |
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September 1960 – July 1962
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Pupil teacher at St Joseph’s Birtley and did 1st year of teacher training (with BA in Latin French and English); left to become a novic at Pantasaph Friary North Wales with Capuchins from August 1961 to March 1962 |
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| May 1963 – July 1965 | Post-registration Psychiatric Student Nurse – St. George’s Hospital Morpeth | |
| 1965 | Qualified as Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) | |
| 24 July 1965 | Married Mary at St Joseph’s Ushaw Moor | |
| July 1965 – May 1966 | Staff Nurse at Rauceby Hospital – Sleaford | |
| 1966 | Father to twins, Paul and Catherine | |
| May 1966 – 1968 | Charge Nurse – Barnsley Hall Hospital, Bromsgrove | |
| Sept 1968 – July 1970 | Qualified as Registered Nurse Teacher (RNT with Diploma of Nursing) – Battersea Polytechnic/ Polytechnic of South Bank | |
| 1970 – 1973 | Nurse Teacher for – State Enrolled and State Registered Nurses – Dryburn Hospital Durham | |
| 1973 – 1978 | Senior Tutor-in-Charge of School of Nursing – Hartlepool | |
| 1978 – 1980 | Gained Community Psychiatric Nursing Certificate (CPN Cert) – Manchester Polytechnic | |
| 1980 – present | a member of Lanchester Choral Society | |
| 1980 – 1996 | Senior Tutor (Community Mental Health Nursing) – Newcastle | |
| 1982 – present | Approved Eucharistic Minister – Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle | |
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1980’s & 1990’s
November 1986
4 March 1988 |
External Examiner – North East Surrey College of Technology / University of Lancaster / University of Wolverhampton / Secretary to UK Group for Community Mental Health Nursing Lecturers Mother died after several years with multi-infarct dementia Father died of leukaemia |
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| 1991 | Presentation entitled Meyerbeer in London at University of Bayreuth in Department of Musical Research, Thurnau, Bavaria for 200th Anniversary of Meyerbeer’s birth | |
| 1993 – 1995 | Studied for MA in Adult Education – University of Durham | |
| 1996 – 1997 | Senior Lecturer – BSc Community Nursing (Course Leader for Mental Health Branch) – Northumbria University | |
| 1997 | Retired | |
| 1997 – 1999 | A/S and A level GCE Music and Grade 7 & 8 (Singing) – Associated Board of Royal College of Music (ABRCM) | |
| 1998 – present | Chaplaincy Volunteer (Darlington and Durham Foundation Trust NHS Trust) | |
| 1998 – 2009 | Mental Health Act Officer (NHS and Private Company) | |
| 2008 – present | Member and soloist with Durham Constabulary Male Voice Choir | |
| 2008 – present | Member of University of Third Age (Durham) and presenter for its Music Appreciation Group | |
| 2008 – 2015 | Public Governor – Tees Wear and Esk Valley Mental Health Foundation Trust | |
| 2009 -2019 | Member of Probus Spennymoor | |
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2013 – present
June 2019
March 20 March 23
April 28 2018
May 4
July and August
September to present
Sept 2020 to May 2021 |
Volunteer with Age UK – give talks to interested groups about its function and outreach until it stopped in 2018;
started working towards ““““Diploma *+ ABRCM, having found an excellent accompanist – decided in 2020 not to do this, but continue working with pianist to gain confidence for solo work; this finished in )ctober 2021 provide Kelloe Luncheon Club with a bi-monthly sing-a-long until March 2020- Covid restrictions ; involved with its Burnhope project _ provided introductory booklet on village and environs joined Lanchester Choral and Operatic Society again in 2017 , but left when Covid started; began with 1 year old choir at Ushaw College, but left in 2021 because practices was cold and uncomfortable Sang bass solo -‘Il lacerato spirito’ -Verdi and ‘This nearly was mine’- Rodgers at Ushaw Concert Great granddaughter Elaina is born in Cooma NSW Lockdown starts informed by CPN my brother David died of Ca. bowel and heart failure yesterday Begin to arrange funeral and closing his accounts – see October 2020 David’s cremation with Father Tully , mary and I only in attendance. A quiet dignified end to a sadly unhappy life Started singing weekly as before – might still do Diploma; returned to Mass and Hospital Communions on a Saturday. Discussed possiblity of becoming a mentor for students in Durham University. Despite more lockdown no singing practice or Maas and communion, have become mentor for 12 students. Ultimately apart for weekly meeting with other mentors, unsatisfactory as i was not gived updatre links to students. |
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