Our grandmother, Faith Spicer, who has died aged 95, qualified as a doctor in 1944 from University College London and became a psychiatrist, embarking on a career developing support services for adolescents. Until 1967, she worked in London as medical director at the Brook Advisory Centre, following a period at the Marie Stopes Clinic, and promoted the sexual and emotional health of young people through her work with Brook and beyond.
Faith, a twin, was the youngest of nine children – eight daughters and a son – of the Rev Montague Gifford James and his wife, Violet (nee Piggot). She grew up in Buckinghamshire and at the age of 22 married a fellow doctor, Clive Spicer; they had three children, Jane, Mary and David.
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