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A young man with a mind of his own

The picture shows a young Leslie Robert Morrison shoeless out the front of his father's boot and shoe emporium (circa 1913) Clive Rothesay Morrison is also pictured.

Leslie recollected how his elder and rather more sophisticated brother Bruce would chide him in to wearing shoes - what sort of an advertisement was it for their father if the happy-go-lucky Leslie insisted on going about town without his shoes!

An untimely death - and a new generation

The town was shocked when a policeman backing the police vehicle out of the station driveway in Olive Street killed the very affable Clive Rothesay on his way to work. He was 86 years of age. It was to be the first and last time Clive would ever be in a hospital. He was the picture of good health and used to swim in the Murray River most days until he was in his early sixties. Sadly, Clive had not prepared a will and the Morrison family business was lost.

The year was 1950 and at this time, Bruce Morrison was the Shire Engineer and secretary for the Shire of Wangaratta. He was in a position to continue the lease of the store for his brother Leslie and his wife Thelma.