Good Bastards Hall
of Fame
Bill and Pat Levett
You’ve read about Bill and Pat Levett in the book Good Bastards. For starters they all but finish up on the front cover. That hut that we are shooting out of and that dunny that we are firing into; well that belongs to the Levetts.
Bill and Pat owned the Hari Hari Box Factory and Barry Wilson, Nick Hooper, Pat Miners and a bunch of other Good Bastards, all worked for Bill. One day we would down the bush falling timber, the next day we would be in the mill cutting it up and the third we would be in the box factory making butter boxes and whitebait boxes. It was a Butter Box made at Levetts mill that I mentioned my Uncle Jack and Hank ate in a contest in last weeks Good bastards Hall of Fame.
Bill and Pat are now retired and still live in Hari Hari on their farm. I have many very pleasant memories of my working days with Bill and Pat Levett and enjoy calling in and seeing them from time to time on my visits deep into Good Bastards Heartland, South Westland. I stir Bill up about what ever seems to be a bit of an issue at the time and I think he is pleased to see me come and also pleased to see me go.
He had a birthday in the last twelve months, now there is a very safe statement.
Anyway, heres to you Bill and Pat, welcome to the Good Bastards Hall of Fame.
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by: Capt'n
Jack
Last Update 1 July 2002