Britain was at war and at the age of 22, she had answered her country's call to defend it. Private Bernadette Bell, from Moston, Manchester, was serving with the Army's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
03.05.2023 - 15:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Manchester hospital psychiatrist who grew disillusioned with his job quit to pursue a childhood dream.
With Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music turning 50 this year, the M.E.N. spoke to one of its alumni whose own career path didn't always stick to the script. Aged 10-years old, Jeremy Sassoon was the music school's youngest student when it opened in June 1973; he even presented HRH the Duchess of Kent with a bouquet at its official opening.
In life's funny way of coming back on itself full-circle, Jeremy, 58, is now back at the RNCM teaching a masterclass on the pop music course. But his career took an unexpected turn at the age of 18 when, like a true musician, he "rebelled".
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"They all expected me to go on and have a career in music but I went on and did medicine," said Jeremy. "I became a doctor, ended up becoming a hospital psychiatrist in Manchester, literally a few hundred yards down the road from the college."
After going off to study medicine in London, he had worked as a doctor for a time in Australia before returning to his home city to practice psychiatry at Withington Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary. Yet despite his love for his profession, he wasn't entirely satisfied with his life's path.
"I wasn't entirely happy," Jeremy said. "It's funny, we're actually talking right now at a time that the junior doctors are on strike.
"That was always the case, even 30-years ago, junior doctors were really unhappy. It was an unhappy place to work, so although the
Britain was at war and at the age of 22, she had answered her country's call to defend it. Private Bernadette Bell, from Moston, Manchester, was serving with the Army's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
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