“I remember having to very carefully line it up so that everything is in the right place,” pharmacist Paul Knapton tells C+D. 

He recalls using dot matrix printers for labels and doing this process when changing the roll. 

“That’s something we don’t see now, everything is thermal or laser print.” 

Read more: The 1969 Afghanistan pharmacies

Knapton’s first job was in a Chester Co-op pharmacy back in 2007 after qualifying, and this picture was submitted to C+D back then for its print edition. He now locums across Cheshire and Merseyside. 

He also remembers some of the “last few bits” of medication and creams he could make up as a pharmacist. 

“We made the simple stuff like menthol in aqueous cream. We crushed the menthol crystals up and you got a little bit light-headed from them!” 

Share your stories 

C+D is starting a picture series that documents your pharmacies during any historical, social or cultural moments from the past. 

Do you have photos of your pharmacy from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II? 

Has a former Prime Minister visited your pharmacy? 

Martin Bennett shared his images of two Afghanistan pharmacies he saw in 1969. 

Or do you have any pictures from a specific moment in time at your pharmacy? 

C+D wants to revisit our readers interesting moments from their careers. If you have a story to share, and importantly images from that moment, please send them in to Benjamin.lee@norstella.com