Thomas Reynolds

After his hospital internships Tom Reynolds became locum, then assistant to Dr Thompson of Amble, whom he succeeded in the early 1960s, forming a group practice in the 1970s. While making full use of laboratories and other diagnostic facilities, he retained an active scientific mind and would often reach a diagnosis using a microscope and reagents while waiting for results. Tom's Christian love extended to acts such as offering a needy patient a bed in his house for the night, and while making house calls he would often light the fire for an elderly infirm patient. Predeceased by his wife, Isobel, he leaves two children and two grandchildren.