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Donald Laing and friend at Weir House initiation

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TypePhotographCreatorDonald LaingDate1963CollectionDonald Laing PhotographsDescriptionColour photograph of Donald Laing [left] and a friend at their Weir House student initiation ceremony. They have red paint on their faces and are only wearing boxer shorts. Students in suits are sitting at desks behind them. Photographer Donald Laing says, "The colour film really does bring what happened at initiation to life doesn’t it? It was taken by a friend from Feilding Agriculture High School. He was in his 3rd year whereas I had worked as a slushy for 2 years before making my way to Weir. In those days a slushy was someone who did a variety of manual tasks, an untrained/unqualified person."SubjectWeir HouseStudent life

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PersonDonald LaingOrganisationWeir House

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