Rotary Ball 2009.

Photo and information sent in by William Critch: I’m an old expat who has lived in the USA since 1955. I lived in Gunnedah in the early 1950s and worked as a photographer for Keith Riley Studios which at the time, was the only photo studio in Gunny. Keith was an FRPS, a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society - a rare commodity in the Liverpool Plains but he had apprenticed with Monte Luke who was for many years the premier photographer in Sydney. We did flat lighting, then in vogue for all portraits and I did the ‘candids’ at weddings, balls etc. I have only digitized one photo taken at a Gunnedah Deb Ball and I suspect that the year was 1951. The subject is still living in Gunnedah and she was my mate’s girlfriend and they married in 1954. This is a pic of Shirley Southorn Jones - a beautiful girl who raised two boys both still living in Gunny: Paul and Greg (Gunnedah Hydraulics).

Shannon Hobson, now Ramadge.

Samantha Hobson, now Hillier.

Rosemary Charters, now Cocks and brother Chris in 1958.

Melanie Walker.

Jocelyn Douglas, now Porter.

Karen Roberts.

Flowergirls and pageboys, Kaleb McIlveen, Grace McLean, Isabelle Shortis and Caleb Mansfield at the 2009 Catholic Debutante Ball.

Eadith Marshall - 1940.

Dulcie and Marea Pryor - Digger's Ball 1945.

Kay Gaynor, now Clarke - 1960.

Cindy Roberts, now Brien.