IN 1977 IAN CHAPMAN ALONG WITH HIS PARENTS ALAN & AVIS, BROTHERS COLIN & KEN AND THEIR WIVES GLORIA & SHARON MOVED TO TOWN, HAVING PURCHASED GLADSTONE NEWSAGENCY.
Their plan was to run the store and establish Kin Kora News at the new shopping centre; thinking that perhaps they’d be here for just a few years. But, as many Gladstone stories go, Ian met his wife, Chanel College teacher Michele, in 1978, and the planned short stay
in Gladstone was extended. After 40 years Ian is the only family member actively involved in the business and he’s still loving it!
“When we first opened in the shopping centre we were located where Best & Less is now,” explains Ian Chapman. “In 1982 we moved to the current Williams site when the centre did the first of its three expansions and then, in 1986, we moved into a caravan for three months, before ending up in our current location. The shop recently changed shape and design, but we are happy with the result ”.
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