More Info →Brian Bates, Part 1, early years in the UK - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People’s Radio, 24th October 2023. Part 1 of 2. Career as a pharmacist. In Dagenham until 26 (1962). Young child in WWII. Memories of the blitz, DC3s towing gliders, Morrison shelter, Anderson shelter, V1s, V2s, rationing. Post-war - the Marshall Plan, Cold War, first banana. The 11+ exam. Grammar School. 6th Form specialization, choice of pharmacy apprenticeship with Boots Chemist. Qualifying in Sunderland. Working in SE England. Posted to New Zealand at 25. Pharmacy work in 1960s, making up medicines and ointments. Famous people from Dagenham.