Pharmacist Chris Martin retires after 38 years (From Stroud News and Journal)

Pharmacist Chris Martin retires after 38 years

2:00pm Wednesday 2nd September 2009

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RESPECTED pharmacist Chris Martin retired on Saturday after 38 years in the profession.

Mr Martin, 60, was given gifts by staff and customers of the Midcounties Co-operative, in Cashes Green Road, Cainsross, where he worked for 17 years.

"It has been fantastic," said Mr Martin, of Frome Gardens, Cainscross.

"It will be nice to lose the workload but it will not be so nice to lose the contact with the public and I shall miss my colleagues."

After qualifying from the University of London in 1971, Mr Martin was a pharmacist in Bromley Hospital in Kent for about two years.

He then worked at several private pharmacies, including Lloyds, where he was district manager, responsible for five branches in Stroud and Nailsworth.

Mr Martin joined the Midcounties Co-operative in 1992, promoting the correct supply and use of medicine.

He said the biggest change had come in the last three to four years, with an extended role to provide ‘lifestyle advice’ on issues such as smoking and eating.

Staff took Mr Martin for a special retirement meal on August 15.

He was presented with £300 in travel vouchers bought with money donated by customers and gifts from staff including a garden rocking chair.

The father-of-two plans to spend his retirement travelling, gardening and driving patients to hospital as a volunteer.

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