[1] He developed an interest in botany, and won a prize—Charles Albert Hall's 1919 publication The Open Book of Nature[3]—for his collection of wildflowers.

[1] Prior to leaving Allan Glen's, he spent a year studying Latin and Higher Mathematics, in order to achieve the necessary qualifications to progress onto university.

[1][4] He went on to qualify MB ChB with commendation in 1936, before assisting his elder brother Tom in his general practice in Thurso for the better part of a year.

[1] He became a founding member of (and official photographer for) the Perth Civic Trust in 1967, and went on, over a period of fifty years, to produce a pictorial record of the city.

A leather-bound copy was gifted to the Charles, Prince of Wales, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the A. K. Bell Library in 1995.

[1] Despite a decline in his mobility, and a fall and illness in spring 2003, Findlay released a 2005 Tay Calendar, featuring a collection of photographic slides.