Birthday Party, Stafford,

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Date:1982

Description:Mr Gunaratnam and Dr Devakirani (Rani) Devadason at Dev Shankars' birthday party, Weeping Cross.

Dr Devadason is the lady wearing the white top, seated on the left.

Sindhu Patil has kindly shared with us some additional information:
"Dr Devadason was a GP and also one of the doctors that undertook school children health checks during the 70s/80s. There was a termly (or it may have been a yearly) dental, eye and medical check up".
Sindhu can be seen in the photograph, sitting just to the right of the small blond boy looking into the camera.

Dr Devadason passed away in 2009 and her husband in 2025.

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Image courtesy of: Devadason, Mr

Donor ref:Mr Devadason No., PT00400, img: 2572 (18/2950)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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