David Moseley

David Moseley was born and raised in a Sheffield housing estate after the Second World War, but his love of the Peak District was generated by his parents. The family's leisure time was all spent in the Hope Valley, to where his parents moved after his father retired from his job as a bookbinder. David studied Physics at Manchester University before serving for six years in the RAF. At the age of 27 he went to study Medicine at Sheffield University and after a period as a hospital physician...See more

David Moseley was born and raised in a Sheffield housing estate after the Second World War, but his love of the Peak District was generated by his parents. The family's leisure time was all spent in the Hope Valley, to where his parents moved after his father retired from his job as a bookbinder. David studied Physics at Manchester University before serving for six years in the RAF. At the age of 27 he went to study Medicine at Sheffield University and after a period as a hospital physician he became the local doctor in the Hope Valley for 23 years. After leaving the NHS he and his wife worked for a time in the Tigray region of Ethiopia before fully retiring from medical practice. Retirement has provided the time to pursue his previously neglected interests such as local history and blues guitar, and he has obtained a first-class honours degree in classical languages. Rural general practice offered a privileged position within the local community, and he was invited to become a member of the Hathersage Association for the Prosecution of Felons. The ancient Association has allowed a membership of up to 25 since its formation in 1784 and is still very active, but its members stopped prosecuting felons long ago and it is now a convivial group who enjoy each other's company and raise money for local charities. When he became the Association's secretary and treasurer, the box of papers of which he took custody contained many letters and minutes of meetings which were more than 200 years old, and which had rarely been seen since they were written. These documents offered a unique insight into the historical life of a rural community. See less