SALLY FRENCH-TEELING

[A younger Sally, 81Kbyte]
Above, Sally when she was a little younger.

Sally was born in Norfolk, a 50s child. She went to school in Kings Lynn, and worked as a petrol pump attendant, an electronic assembly worker and receptionist in an optician's before entering UMIST (now Manchester University) where she gained an upper second BSc honours degree in ophthalmic optics (today known as optometry) in 1976, and qualifying with the British Optical Association in 1977, now a fellow of the (renamed) British College of Optometrists, FBCO.

  • Neil Charman's The Tech Years,

    • Since graduating she has worked as an optometrist in South Manchester - for ten of those years as a managing ophthalmic optician for Dollond & Aitchison - during which time she supervised a number of pre-registration optometrists and correspondence course DOs. During the 80s she taught part-time at UMIST - first dispensing and then contact lens practice and from 1986 for a number of years was an examiner with the British College of Optometrists in dispensing; case records and practice law; and contact lens practice. From time to time she has participated in schools' career seminars and regularly shown local primary school children round her practice.

    In 1978 she set up home with her husband, Chris, in Cheadle and established an opticians in the village there in 1990.

    Her interests include music and singing (Guildhall School of Music and Drama - Grade 6!) although these had to make way for her career and three young children.

    NICERON THE MIGHTY ZEUS FRENCH

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    Zeus was a very special pussy and Siamese. His vet rated him "five stars" for ferociousness but to the family he was just "a pussy cat". Born in 1981, Zeus died sadly in January 1998. He wasn't very good with adult strangers. We blame a plumber back in 1983. Shortly afterwards he first showed his claws to Chris's first wife. But he loved all children. We all miss him.

    He liked chicken tikka massala, Whiskas cat food, warm radiators and flat laps. He hated pills and having his teeth cleaned.

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