History

The Society was established on 27 November, 1883 by Dr Edward Waters as the Chester Medical Society and membership was 5 shillings. You can read a fascinating history of the Society, download the PDF.

At the Presidential Evening, September 2019 we took a photo of the Past Presidents alongside the new President Dr Chris Lewis.

Past Presidents

L-R : Ian Russell, Martin Sedgwick, Philip Mannion, Chris Lewis, Colm O’Mahony, Sally Shaw, Robin Davies, David Ewins.

At the Presidential Evening, September 2016 we took a photo of the Past Presidents alongside the new President Dr David Ewins.

Past presidents

L-R : David Morris, Virginia Clough, Barbara Craven, Liz McClure, Isabelle Hughes, Dorothy King, Sally Shaw, David Ewins, Philip Mannion, Colm O’Mahony, Richard Worth.

At the Presidential Evening, September 2015 we took a photo of the Past Presidents alongside the new President Dr Dorothy King.

L-R : Isabelle Hughes, Richard Worth, Virginia Clough, Sally Shaw, Colm O’Mahony, Liz McClure, Dorothy King, Philip Mannion, David Morris, John Williams, Paul Dennitts.

At the Presidential Evening in September 2012 we took a photo of the new President, Colm O’Mahony, together with 12 Past Presidents who attended the meeting:

L-R back row: Colin Hughes, David Campbell, John Houghton, Paul Dennitts, Ian Russell, Richard Worth
L-R front row: Liz McClure, Isabelle Hughes, Colm O’Mahony, David Morris, Barbara Craven, Virginia Clough,John Williams

At the Presidential Evening in September 2010 we took a photo of the new President, Virginia Clough, together with 15 Past Presidents who attended the meeting:

L-R back row: John Houghton, Colin Hughes, Geoff Leach, David Lush, Richard Worth, Liz McClure, Ian Russell, David Campbell, John Williams.
L-R front row: Paul Dennitts, Barbara Craven, Shirley Charles-Jones, Austen Elliott, Virginia Clough, Isabelle Hughes, George Foster.

Class of ’37

Can anyone name these illustrious looking colleagues from the resident staff of Chester Royal Infirmary of over 60 years ago? This image was sent to Virginia Clough by a family clearing out old family belongings. Answers to Virginia! Click on the photo for a larger version.

Treasure trove

Whilst clearing out some rooms in the Education Centre at the Countess we discovered this doctors’ bag from the 1940’s complete with glass syringes, masks and other “tools of the trade“!

You can read a fascinating history of the Society, download the PDF.