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Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower

Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower

Date4/2/1984
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  • Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
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James Langstaff is the third generation of doctors who has worked out of this 1849 Richmond Hill home
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