Wie geht's?
These three photos include my dad (try and spot him*). Each photo is a perfect document of the times.
The top one is a fifties shot of the staff at the NZ branch of Burroughs Wellcome. The hair styles, the cut of the uniform suits, the poses are all very much 1950s.
Dad must have been doing okay - he'd just moved from working as a pharmacist at Walls and Roche Chemists in Royal Oak (before that Eccles Pharmacy in Queen St. where he met mum) to a management position with this huge international drug company. Now he's pictured in the front row, on the boss' left.
The seventies one is a classic too with the riot of colour, suits are a mixture of smart casual styles and the informal grabs indicate that some of the wives have joined in on the company picture. Dad, however, still looks like Mr Conservative.
Looks like a conference setting - not sure where though, mum must have stayed behind with us at home so maybe the south island?
The last one is from dad's retirement do in 1988. Very eighties business casual this one. Interesting that all those men are also in the first photo - a fun activity for you - see if you can trace them back to their bloom of youth. Clue for you to get started - Harry Makin, the boss from the fifties photo, is next to Nita.
A loyal bunch back in the day.
Love and peace - WNP
* Bottom row, 7th from left; Back row, 3rd from left; 5th from left next to Nita.
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