Local Cameos
No. 30. – DR. BERNARD WALL
SON of the late Dr. J. B. Wall, who practised in Coleshill for over 50 years, Dr. Bernard Wall, B.A., B.M., B.Ch., of “Greenways,” Coventry Road, Coleshill, was educated at Lancing and Lincoln College, Oxford.
He qualified in 1914, just before the outbreak of the first world war, and from 1915-1919 he was appointed house hill with his father. In 1926 he took over the practice.
Dr. Wall is also well known locally as a bloodstock breeder and farmer. He farms the 120 acre Bogs Farm, Chester Road, Coleshill, which is managed by his daughter, Miss Joan Wall, who holds the Diploma of Agriculture of Reading University.
Last season Dr. Wall bred four winning horses which between them won for their owners over 6,000 sovereigns. One of them, First Night, one of the leading two-year-olds, won more than 4,000 sovereigns. Dr. Wall also farmed at Hurley for some years. His father was also a successful bloodstock breeder.
KEEN HUNTSMAN
A keen huntsman, he has hunted with the North Atherstone Pack for many years.
Dr. Wall has been a Governor of Coleshill Grammar School since 1921 and is, at the moment, vice-chairman of the Board of Governors.
In 1946 he retired from the Warwickshire County Council on which he had represented the Coleshill Division since 1942.
From 1940 to 1946 he was Company Medical Officer to the local Home Guard.
His wife, Dr. Doris Wall, B.Sc., M.B., B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., was educated at Birmingham University and is anaesthetist to several Birmingham hospitals.
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