Foy and Gibson Staff
c. 1955A black and white photograph of five rows of men and women. In the background of the photograph are draped rolls of fabric on display.
Foy and Gibson opened in 1955 on Austral Terrace as a general department store. These are the men and women working there at the time, some very well known people of Katanning and long term employees of Foy and Gibson such as Mr Kevin McAllife, Mr John Cobby, Mr Alf Radford, Miss Webb, Miss Cullen and many more.
Details
Details
On a separate piece of paper that was with the photograph is a typed list of names as follows: "NAMES OF FOY AND GIBSON STAFF. PHOTO 1955 ACC NUMBER 2001-30 Back row Chris McMahon, Reg Norman, unknown, Doug Baxter, ? Fratel, 'Bunny' Rafferty, Bill Hartley, Kevin McAuliffe. Second row Arthur Timms, Len Mosscrop, Eric McFarland, Norm Giles, Brian Hastie, Bill Porter, John Morehouse. Centre row Emmily Webb, Kath Sugg, Yvonne Kessell, June Blythe, Margaret Batchelor, Mytle Cullen, Lorna Larter, Helen Moritz, Lillian McFarland. Fourth row; Rip Walters, Horace Tylor, Fred Bowden, Bill Bailey, John Cobby, Mary Kaye, Arthur Radford. Bottom row Anne Yardley, Ruth Smith, Margaret Atkinson, Glady Gray, ? Eatt, Jan (or Judy) Beeck."
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Copyright and Reference
Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.
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