tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post3839956055604326518..comments2024-03-29T04:00:59.839-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Thirty Years AgoLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-69965359633174025632023-09-05T07:04:50.477-04:002023-09-05T07:04:50.477-04:00Do tell us more. I last visited the store in about...Do tell us more. I last visited the store in about 1988/9 a change of job meant I was no longer working in Central London but instead out in leafy Surrey! Steve Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062727836545335187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-88805636545466551482023-09-05T07:01:31.147-04:002023-09-05T07:01:31.147-04:00I worked at Chisholms Stationary head office in Li...I worked at Chisholms Stationary head office in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1987, around d the corner from the Kingsway shop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-24730313758672477752018-01-07T20:58:19.199-05:002018-01-07T20:58:19.199-05:00This is one of my all time favourite posts on this...This is one of my all time favourite posts on this website :) Well done !marylennoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199236405351120887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-24545519300807610832016-12-24T16:49:54.819-05:002016-12-24T16:49:54.819-05:00I worked in London in the mid-1980s and remember F...I worked in London in the mid-1980s and remember Filofaxes being very cool. And they still work better than smartphone apps for many purposes.mccannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766627398208166692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-37944326731291560822016-12-22T20:43:08.562-05:002016-12-22T20:43:08.562-05:00This is such a nostalgia trip for me. Although I ...This is such a nostalgia trip for me. Although I am a bit younger and American (so I never used your specific stationary shops), your briefcase contents are reminiscent of my manufacturing administration jobs in the 1980s and even early 1990s. Love the Walkman, and the pager. I still have a DayTimer and a pocket Filofax from that time. Use a Malden personal now. <br />Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089395828972119207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-84578922838531141842016-12-21T23:46:57.394-05:002016-12-21T23:46:57.394-05:00Love this nostalgic post. Love this nostalgic post. MYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816936595157057832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-39169603775831284742016-12-21T10:36:46.616-05:002016-12-21T10:36:46.616-05:00Yes - I think mine will also still be in working o...Yes - I think mine will also still be in working order. I sometimes wonder whether I should ask for it to buried with me!<br />(Actually I plan to be cremated, and I think it's more likely to form part of my estate.)gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-58982114413966637132016-12-21T10:31:50.276-05:002016-12-21T10:31:50.276-05:00You may be interested to read Steve's recollec...You may be interested to read Steve's recollections of Chisholms <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/then-and-now.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br />Sadly I never made a visit there.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-21654038760563588832016-12-21T10:08:40.202-05:002016-12-21T10:08:40.202-05:00I am of the opinion that the Winchesters age bette...I am of the opinion that the Winchesters age better when used than when in storage. I have a number of them, and even though I use conditioner on them, the leather of my 5CF1/2 is more supple, and has a patina to it that only comes with use---, and love. It is still going strong after every day use for all these years. I'm quite sure now that it will out last me.crofterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977273055291702683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-54216975865872480682016-12-21T08:38:47.152-05:002016-12-21T08:38:47.152-05:00Thank you Steve for that great post! I love seeing...Thank you Steve for that great post! I love seeing vintage Filofax planners and knowing how they have been used and I think we need more of those posts!<br /><br />My first FF was a personal green Winchester back in the late 80s. I have used it for about a decade before getting an other planner (a personal Ascot in blue probably). Then it has been the beginning of a long series of planners (Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259944485549543471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1336167821370611972016-12-21T08:38:08.961-05:002016-12-21T08:38:08.961-05:00What a wonderful post, especially at this time of ...What a wonderful post, especially at this time of year. I remember how Filofaxes were all the rage in the 80s--for "young urban professionals." It's good to see how well your Winchester has held up after all these years. Cathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157409286271269709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-17159648926431973952016-12-21T07:16:47.837-05:002016-12-21T07:16:47.837-05:00Thank you or this post. It's always good to le...Thank you or this post. It's always good to learn and see pictures of predecessors. What a treat. KariPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679296733422641607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-54375380343216428692016-12-21T07:09:20.166-05:002016-12-21T07:09:20.166-05:00Thanks Steve. My work bag was pretty similar, and...Thanks Steve. My work bag was pretty similar, and as I worked for the Home Office, electronic gadgets, other than officially issued ones were not allowed. I did get a special dispensation in later years though. It seems like only yesterday, but my goodness, 30 years!! Where have they gone?S. Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090768259204661770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-76266323064213440992016-12-21T06:27:18.512-05:002016-12-21T06:27:18.512-05:00The name of the stationery shop was Chisholm.
The...The name of the stationery shop was Chisholm. <br />They also had Chisholm's branded filofax covers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641212560947836558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-72605532612138773302016-12-21T05:11:54.358-05:002016-12-21T05:11:54.358-05:00Yes given the departments I worked for taking work...Yes given the departments I worked for taking work home would not be allowed! We have all read newspaper stories of civil servants leaving sensitive documents on trains etc! <br /><br />In the modern era going to meetings off site became an issue because you had to get any protective marked documents sent to the other site by secure means a few days ahead of time. Then arrange for the copies to Steve Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062727836545335187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-9382510363870095112016-12-21T05:04:55.193-05:002016-12-21T05:04:55.193-05:00Your briefcase looks very lightly loaded! Maybe y...Your briefcase looks very lightly loaded! Maybe you didn't have to take work home? I remember having to squash the lid closed all the time on mine because of all the correspondence, documents, meeting papers etc. needing to be prepared for the next day. Virtually everything these days is sent as a computer attachment, reducing the amount of paperwork enormously! It's rare these days to Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-54925618337450887722016-12-21T04:09:54.032-05:002016-12-21T04:09:54.032-05:00I remember the stationery shop in Kingsway, Holbor...<br />I remember the stationery shop in Kingsway, Holborn.<br />I was working near Chancery Lane during those years and popped into the stationery place often enough to purchase my Lefax and Filofax inserts, accessories and of course the binders themselves.<br />That was way back in the late 60s and early 70s.<br />I still have some of the Lefax information sheets and inserts that I bought and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641212560947836558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-59128931008858131672016-12-21T03:46:48.590-05:002016-12-21T03:46:48.590-05:00Nice post thanks Steve. Takes me back.
My black Wi...Nice post thanks Steve. Takes me back.<br />My black Winchester is the same, and still in daily use. It is perpetually over-stuffed, so it looks a bit chubbier than yours in its storage mode illustrated.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.com