FROM GOSNOLD TO GOSNOLD IN 400 YEARS
"One of my ancestors was an explorer."
A casual remark dropped into the conversation by John Gosnold, but what a can of worms it opened!
John wasn't exactly sure what his forebear had explored, but he is now. He has been asked to supply a sample of blood to try to ascertain whether the bones dug up in Jamestown, Virginia, USA in February 2003 are those of captain Bartholemew Gosnold who sailed his small ship, The Godspeed, across the Ocean at the behest of Queen Elizabeth 1. He named two of the places he found, Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.
The Gosnolds had always been a colourful lot ever since they - quite literally - came over with William the Conqueror and they have continued to mark their history right up to the present day. Some three hundred and fifty years after Bartholemew's untimely death in Jamestown in 1607 young John Gosnold went exploring on his little red bike and caused a major panic in his hometown of Hornsea in East Yorkshire. Since then he has opened up many avenues in the world of medicine - General Practice, the Flying Doctor Service, the recognition of Child Abuse, Accident & Emergency and even an official attendance at the Rugby League Cup finals at Wembley.
He has travelled all over the world sharing his knowledge and expertise with colleagues and students but still found time to tell his story to Margaret Garbett. Now you too can
go behind the scenes at the Lockington train disaster and find
out about the lessons learned from it; and how and why
"Casualty " evolved into A & E and the kind of scenario we
are all familiar with on television today.
'The Little Red Bike' by John Gosnold, with Margaret Garbett,
is published by Hutton Press at £10.95 and is available from
local book shops or direct, carriage free, from the publisher at the
address below.
The Hutton Press Ltd, 130 Canada Drive,
Cherry Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 7SB Tel/Fax 01964 550573
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