Any information about the Ballard family and their involvement with basketmaking in Launceston OR information about anyone who had some kind of association with this family business would be welcomed.
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These baskets were not made by the Ballards ut it seems as if their bussiness made such baskets.
Thank you for the blog, found it very interesting. The Ivan Ballard laundry basket you mentioned would have had 2 handles. I remember on Dad's 70th birthday and old friend of his who he hadn't seen for years turned up with a laundry basket just like that. His friend complained that the handles had come off. Dad fixed the handles and complained to Mum that the basket had in fact been made by his father and how long do they expect these things to last. His friend turned up for the basket and Dad passed it over. His friend then gave it back and said that it had belonged to his mother and it was over 80 years old. He had played a joke on him. My eldest niece was given the basket, I don't know if she still has it.
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