Profile: Linda Keele

At the age of 88, Ernest Samways, author of Dorset Barnaby, wrote this autobiography describing 79 years as a pharmacist.This is not a tale of hippies and addicts, but of unusual medicines, peculiar addictions and poisonings.It provides an insight into th....

At the age of 88, Ernest Samways, author of Dorset Barnaby, wrote this autobiography describing 79 years as a pharmacist. This is not a tale of hippies and addicts, but of unusual medicines, peculiar addictions and poisonings. It provides an insight into ....

The Vital Nail recalls a period between 1936 and 1945. Bruce Samways as a young teenager moves from Watford to Gillingham in Dorset where his father helps run the family pharmacy. Bruce falls in love with a young Peggy and then gains a scholarship to Quee....