We were among the first patients to register with Julian Tudor Hart when he became a GP in North Kensington, west London, in the mid-1950s, and belonged to the same branch of the Communist party. He was very friendly, a vehement anti-smoking propagandist and a talented artist – we recall his producing a delightful picture of the Portobello Road market with his then wife, Jo, selling the Daily Worker.
Twice he was elected to the Glyncorrwg urban district council for the Communist party, but his three attempts to enter parliament got no further than 1,604 votes at the 1966 election.
