![]() My father, James 'Jimmy' Gooch, was a member of the British Dental Association for many years. We extend our sympathies to his wife Margaret, his son Ronnie, his daughter Fiona and his four grandchildren. He and Margaret celebrated their golden wedding only months ago. He was a family man and was proud of his children and grandchildren. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. Ramsay was a credit to his profession, and was highly regarded by his colleagues and friends, and also by his patients as a caring and skilled clinician. He was a keen, passionate golfer and a member of Glasgow Golf Club for many years and a former captain of the Western Dental Golf Club. To mark his contribution to the Association he was elected to life membership. He was successively social convenor, chairman of branch council for six years and president of the branch in 1975. ![]() He held a number of offices in the branch and was a member of branch council for 15 years. Ramsay joined the BDA when he qualified and remained a loyal and committed member. Ramsay was a visiting dental surgeon in the Conservation Department of Glasgow Dental Hospital and School from 1968 until 1973. In the following year Ramsay became a district dental officer with Lanarkshire Health Board, and continued in this post until his retirement in 1984. He practiced first in the West End of Glasgow, and then in Clarkston until 1973, when he entered the school dental service as a senior dental officer in Renfrewshire. He subsequently spent four years in the Royal Navy before commencing general dental practice in Glasgow. Ramsay was born and brought up in Glasgow, where he qualified as a dental surgeon in 1944. His colleagues and friends will always remember Charlie as an ever cheerful raconteur, who could reduce an audience to helpless laughter.Ī. In the past few years he took up painting both in oil and watercolour. He was also a keen golfer and as the years passed he became ever more passionate about bridge. As a young man, however, he was an enthusiastic cricketer, and played for and later became president of Drumpellier Cricket Club. Looking at Charlie's dental activities it is difficult to see how he had time for anything else. He was closely involved in setting up a General Practice Unit, where students operated in similar conditions to general practice. After studying the subject in depth he became very proficient in its use, and used it extensively, not just for dental patients, but also to help people to give up smoking.Ĭharlie was a visiting surgeon to Glasgow Dental Hospital and School and lectured to students for many years. He was particularly interested in hypnosis as a useful tool in reducing his patients fears. When John Marshall Banks retired in 1971, Charlie was elected to the vacant seat on the General Dental Council by Scottish dentists. This was the first time that such an honour had come to the West of Scotland for over 30 years. The culmination of his dento-political career came in 1987 with his election as president of the British Dental Association at the annual meeting in Glasgow. In 1988 he was awarded a fellowship in dental surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in recognition of his work for the dental profession. In 1974 Charlie was appointed chief administrative dental officer to Lanarkshire Health Board, and remained in that post until he retired in 1992. He was a member of Lanarkshire local dental committee, the BDA's Representative Board, BDA Council, chairman of the Scottish General Dental Services Committee and chairman of the West of Scotland BDA Council. During these years he became ever more involved in dental politics and was involved in numerous committees, both local and national. ![]() He qualified as a dental surgeon in Glasgow in 1950 and spent a year as an assistant, before setting up in practice in Coatbridge, where he remained for the next 23 years. Charlie Downie was born in August 1926 and died in January 2000. ![]()
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