"A Fortunate Man" by John Berger & Jean Mohr (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 21, 2015, 15:42 (3557 days ago) @ jane gould

Thanks for bringing this book to attention Jane, sounds well-worth a read.

This well-written piece has some photos of Doctor Sassall, really sad to think he ended his own life, but can see his thinking, after losing his supportive wife early, especially with him being a doctor himself.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/07/john-sassall-country-doctor-a-fortunate-ma...

Also http://www.alancotton.co.uk/

Apparently a BBC film was made in 1967, filmed in the Dean, can't find it on Youtube but may be out there somewhere.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2349155/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt

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If you've not seen it Bill Tandy's book "Doctor in the Forest" is very enjoyable, he worked as a GP in the Western Dean for many years. His former home overlooking Parkend cricket ground is now a B&B I think..
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?id=29930