Born in Worcester in 1929, Pauline Ann Manfield was educated during the Second World War, her schooling interrupted by trips to bomb shelters. Despite her parents' original plans to become a secretary, with the support of her high school headmistress, she gained a place at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, where she qualified in 1954. After various posts at the Royal Free and Bart's Hospitals and a fellowship in Chicago, she was appointed consultant pediatrician at Good Hope Hospital. In this position she traveled to Sutton Neo Coldfield and pursued a wide range of interests even after retirement, despite health problems including failing vision and the effects of a stroke in 2019. She was an active member of a number of local archaeology, horticulture, science and technology groups and regularly participated in Birmingham Ballet and Symphony Orchestra activities. She died peacefully at the age of 95 in April[2].