Anne and Peter.
Peter; born 1939. Hospital Doctor (anaesthesia). Became an anaesthetist essentially "by accident"; was working when newly qualified in Ethiopia, and the hospital suddenly ran out of anaesthetists, so he had to learn quickly, and discovered he enjoyed it. Did train properly thereafter, though!
Main interest outside work is "classical" music, but also enjoys theatre and getting out into the countryside. Retired in July, 2004, and has got thoroughly used to having free time at last! Thought he might get a small part-time voluntary job sometime, but hasn't (yet) had time, apart from being membership secretary of the local branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Now has also got the job of being the joint maintainer of the website of this Branch.
Anne; born 1946. Registered Nurse, but has not worked in nursing for years as she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1981. She has been fully in a wheelchair since about 1984, and is now pretty severely disabled. She works one morning a week as a volunteer classroom helper in a Primary School. Same interests as Peter, but is perhaps even more of a fresh-air fiend. We have had a lot of fun getting into all sorts of unlikely places with the wheelchair, and have also worked with local authorities and the National Trust in helping to make places wheelchair accessible. More about this on the next page; but here we are in Sandscale Haws, Cumbria, on a National Trust visit in 1997, and on, so it happens, our Silver Wedding Anniversary. The inscription on Anne's sweat-shirt says "Disabled do it in wheelchairs", which has attracted a few comments over the years!
And rather more formally, here we are at a function at the School where Anne does her voluntary work.
