Jimmy Wade OBE, FRCS, retires in 1935 after 21 years service as hon. consulting surgeon at Pontypridd & District Hospital and is presented with gifts including hand-painted minatures of himself and his wife, Kate. Born in Llanelli, he had worked at cottage and miners' hospitals in the Valleys where commemorative plaques indicate his commitment. His 4 sons – one of whom observed his first operation aged 4 - all entered the medical profession, 3 becoming surgeons.