Background

Born in Garthowen Nursing Home, Hamilton on 20 February 1942. Grandfather first butcher in Victoria St. Mother worked for Batesons florists on Victoria St. Family first lived in Claudelands in state house allocated to father after WWII. One brother, two years younger than Fay. Father worked on the railway at Frankton. Family bought their first home in Maeroa when Fay was 10.