tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post659754512176601497..comments2024-03-29T03:55:50.266-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Free For All Tuesday No. 248Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-57770059870960146032015-11-03T13:57:36.986-05:002015-11-03T13:57:36.986-05:00It will be the same Robin Field. He will have been...It will be the same Robin Field. He will have been a director of Yard-O-Led Limited when it was wholly owned by Filofax Group. Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-5042881357957101492015-11-03T10:15:26.992-05:002015-11-03T10:15:26.992-05:00I notice that Robin Field is listed as the Directo...I notice that Robin Field is listed as the Director of Imperial Yard Limited.<br />According to Kevin Hall's much loved <a href="http://www.philofaxy.com/files/filofax-chronology.pdf" rel="nofollow"> chronology</a>, a Robin Field was in charge of Filofax in 1998.gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-25610410353943012152015-11-03T09:41:56.625-05:002015-11-03T09:41:56.625-05:00Yes Amanda - as you probably saw on the new site, ...Yes Amanda - as you probably saw on the new site, the Filofax Group had owned Yard O Led since 1988. They are based in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, which is a great place to visit incidentally. Readers here will probably be particularly attracted by the <a href="http://www.penroom.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Pen Museum</a>. It would be a great port of call as part of a Philofaxy meet up!gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-73099092635350685852015-11-03T05:58:13.167-05:002015-11-03T05:58:13.167-05:00You can buy Yard-o-Led at The Pen Shop (http://www...You can buy Yard-o-Led at The Pen Shop (http://www.penshop.co.uk/products/yard-o-led/ but better to use the link in the sidebar to earn commission)<br />and also at The Writing Desk (http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/yardoled.php). <br />I was only vaguely aware of a connection with Filofax!Amanda Fleethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838595882535434260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-42544475220860994822015-11-03T04:14:46.435-05:002015-11-03T04:14:46.435-05:00We'd speculated previously in this forum about...We'd speculated <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/free-for-all-tuesday-no-233.html" rel="nofollow">previously in this forum</a> about what had happened to the "Yard O Led" range of pencils and pens.<br /><br />I just noticed on the Filofax UK site that they have disappeared, and then found some news on what I think is a new web site <a href="http://gmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772023016889832202noreply@blogger.com