Apothercary 2016

Service Affiliations
The Society continues to enjoy affiliations with HMS
Somerset; 256 Field Hospital, RAMC; 4626 (County of
Wiltshire) Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron; 201
(Harrow) RAMC Cadet Detachment; and the Middlesex
and North West London Army Cadet Force. The Senior
Warden and Liveryman Lt Col Jane Carey-Harris
enjoyed dinner with the Officers and crew of HMS
Somerset, followed by a passage from Devonport to
Newcastle. The Apothecaries’ Prize for Excellence was
awarded to Petty Officer Engineering Technician
(Weapons Engineering) Neil Smith. The Master visited
256 Field Hospital in Braganza, and the Society was
pleased to welcome them to the Hall for their annual
cocktail party.
Cadets from 201 Detachment continue to provide stair
guards for Society events, and were honoured and
delighted to provide this for a visit by the Lord Mayor in
June.
Close and warm relations with the Chelsea Physic
Garden have been maintained. Our representative on
their Advisory Committee has for some years been Dr PA
Knapman, and he will be replaced in October 2016 by Dr
PJH Tooley. The Clerk visited the Garden during the
summer, and was assured that the potting shed used to
be the Apothecaries’ Boathouse.
The original Apothecaries’ Boathouse, now Chelsea Physic Garden’s shed
Events at the Hall
On Sunday 18 September, 2016, the Society again opened
its doors for the City Open House Scheme. 1,387 visitors
were received, and feedback was extremely positive.
Cadets from 201 (Harrow) Detachment line the stairs for the
Lord Mayor’s visit
Visitors on
Open House day
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