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Lindsay Stanley Booth (30 August 1918 – 27 March 1999) was an Australian businessman and farmer, best known as the founder of LS Booth Wine Transport (now Booth Transport) in 1936. ==Early life== Lindsay was one of nine children born to Lily and Arthur Booth. Arthur was a grape grower and farmer in Reynella Lindsay grew up on a farm and vineyard property just a few minutes away from where (Mt Hurtle Winery ) stands. Lindsay attended (Reynella Primary School ) only up to grade 7, leaving to work. In 1935 at the age of 17 Lindsay met his sweetheart Gwen, who was 15, at Brighton jetty. Gwen would constantly walk up and down the jetty, until Lindsay decided to go up and talk to her. They instantly hit it off and began dating. Lindsay would ride his motorbike to the Windsor Theatre every Saturday for five years before they married in 1940 at the age of 22 and 20. They had 5 children over the next 10 years; Devron (b. 1941), Brian (b. 1943), Virginia (b. 1944, now deceased), Roslyn (b. 1948) and Lindsay Jr.(b. 1950). Lindsay had a fondness of horse racing throughout his life, getting to the track as often as he could. He also enjoyed overseas travel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindsay Booth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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