"I've got a story about FJ to share but I have to tell you it's got a sad ending! You know he used to travel the district in his early days as a hawker? Well, out Koroit way, FJ was visiting the farms and he saw a dog he liked. It belonged to my father-in-law, Ned Fitzgibbon. It was a real nice, red retriever gun dog and he said to Ned he'd like the dog. Ned said he'd like an overcoat and so they made the swap - a dog for a coat. Well that beautiful tweed overcoat was loved and handed down in our family over many years. Then I had to move house and my nephew cleared out the garage and THREW THAT COAT TO THE TIP! I was very upset, but because he was helping me I couldn't say much and that's the sad ending to my story."
M Fitzgibbon.
