Cecilia Reid of Cambridge sent in this old photograph taken in Bournemouth that was with her aunt's possession when she died and wonders if readers can identify the building or any of the people.

Obstetrician and gynaecologist Janet Bottomley is second from the left and on the back of the picture is written 9 Dean Park Road, Bournemouth.

Born in London in 1915 Janet was educated at Putney High School and Wimbledon High School and won a senior trust scholarship. At the Royal Free Hospital medical school she won many prizes, including the Gant Medal for Clinical Surgery and the Helen Prideaux Postgraduate Studentship.

After graduation she held appointments at the Royal Free Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and the London Hospital, amongst others. She was a Major in the RAMC at the 29th British General Hospital in Hanover and was selected as honorary surgeon to the gynaecological department at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, in 1948, becoming the first female consultant at the hospital. She was well organised and kept hand-written records of all her patients in her care.

Janet also served on the Council of the RCOG, examined for Cambridge University, the RCOG and the Central Midwives Board.

Outside work photography and travel were her main interests, and many of her journeys were on pioneering package holidays. After retirement she did a locum in Borneo and then became medical officer to an archaeological dig where she met Carson Ritchie, a senior history lecturer at Thames Polytechnic, whom she married in 1979. Janet died in 1995.

Contact Cecilia at tales@ic24.net or Echoes if you have any information.