Boxes of transparencies taken by my in-laws, Jean and Alan Conolly had not been opened in nearly 60 years. They were mostly family shots taken around Hobart (Glenorchy and Sandy Bay) in the 1950s and early 60s. I might add that my own parents were still using
Read more →Recently I came across a wonderful letter from my late father-in-law, Alan Conolly. In the early 1960s he was travelling the world for Silk and Textiles, the Hobart based company he worked for. Silk and Textiles was founded by Claudio Alcorso in Sydney. The factory relocated to
Read more →Sadly, I never met my father-in-law Alan Conolly. He died far too young, before I met my husband Rob. He travelled extensively during Rob’s childhood so father and son missed out on much precious time together. In the late 1960s, when Rob was still at school in
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