Ron was my first boss mentor and friend for over 50 years. We moved to Waldronville, just south of Dunedin in 1998, and became aware of Ron’s health problem. We started to visit Ron and his wife Josiemore often. Ron enjoyed talking about old times at Fletcher’s often telling me that I should write a book about those times, much of what I am about to tell, is a result of these conversations.
Ron was born on the 31 December 1930 at around 11pm, at Noreward Street, North East Valley, Dunedin, to Scottish parents Elizabeth and Tom. Ron was the youngest of three sisters and brother Tom. Ron tells how his mother used to tell everyone, “if Ron had been born a couple of hours later, he would have been one year younger.”
By the time Ron was 12, his father had purchased a small farm along the way at Bethune’s Gulley. Ron and brother Tom worked hard, young Ron was up
