City status celebrations; first baby, Jane Scobie

Migrated from England in 1952.

Photographer; first advertised in the 'Leader' as Rolli-Photo, Maidstone Building, 56 Main Road, next to the sports shop, offering a special deal for child photographs, in September 1955, but ceased using this name by December; resumed advertising, using 'Rollei-Photo', and used his name for the first time, in September 1956 advertising, but the last advertisement appeared in October.

The 1960 electoral roll lists him as a pool supervisor and gives the Paton Street address; later rolls describe him as a photographer.
When he began advertising again in August 1962, he was operating from his home telephone number. His 'Rollei Photo' trade name last appeared in mid-November 1962. He had moved into Hazelwoods by November 29, and advertised 'Rolli-Photo' child studies there until June 1963.

The German Rolleiflex camera , shown in the portrait, was a two-lens reflex camera; the upper lens projected an image the size of the negative onto a screen on top of the camera, surrounded by folding glare shields; the negatives were 60 mm square; 12 to a film.

He was employed to take photographs for the 'Upper Hutt Leader' when the paper first got a rotary press; on September 23, 1964 the page size increased, the number of pages jumped from 8 to 28, and local pictures appeared; these were probably his, but his name did not appear under one until October 7; for the rest of that year he averaged several photographs a week. In many instances, in later years,the "Leader" seems to have retained the negatives of the pictures printed, and there are no versions of such "Leader" pictures in the Jackson collection.

In March 1966 he advertised his new studio at 4/5 Queen's Chambers; the veranda there was probably his vantage point for many photos of the city-status procession in May 1966.

Many of his street views incorporate Morris cars which are probably his; one is a four-cylinder 1948-1954 Oxford, with a shape similar to the Minor's.

Working at Hazelwoods, he took pictures of the shop and its employees; also among his photographs are pictures from Christmas parades and three series of pictures taken in Hazelwoods' Father Christmas cave; 338 of these, plus parade photos, were taken in 1966.