Pills and pints – a 97-year-old pharmacist’s story

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Pills and pints – a 97-year-old pharmacist’s story

Fiona Cassie

Fiona Cassie

Marie Allan Military Photo
Apprentice pharmacist Marie Allan (nee D’Ath) in her “uniform” as the Airforce Queen in a war effort fundraiser, the Queen Carnival

Taranaki’s Marie Allan qualified during World War II, became a publican then returned to dispensing pills in the 1970s as a widowed mother of eight. Fiona Cassie finds out her story

In 1939 Marie D’Ath was 17 years old, just back from boarding school and looking forward to a long summer playing tennis and golf as a young lady of l, Marie Allan Certificate, Taranaki pharmacist Marie Allan, aged 97, with her pharmacy registration certificate from 75 years ago