Terence Phillips from Ilfracombe receives his Covid-19 vaccination at North Devon Leisure Centre
- Credit: Tony Gussin
Hundreds of local people have been the first to receive the new Covid-19 vaccination in North Devon.
A steady stream of people aged 80 and over arrived at the mass vaccination facility set up at North Devon Leisure over three days this week, with Thursday, December 31 the final day.
Everyone who attended was contacted by the NHS with their appointment time and people have been reminded once again NOT to call themselves – those eligible will be contacted when it is their turn.
The vaccination centre was run by staff from 14 GP practices from across North Devon and Torridge, with patients attending from as far afield as Lynton and Hartland.
When you watch
All in the Family, you may notice the credit that reads the show was based on the series
Till Death Us Do Part, which was a British sitcom that ran from 1965 to 1975 and was every bit as controversial in its run as the American counterpart was.
To get a sense of
Till Death and how closely
Carroll O’Connor‘s Archie Bunker resembles Warren Mitchell’s Alf Garnett turn to a 1968 edition of the
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