14 January 2019

Filofax addresses

Whilst I was creating the new website of Filofax Catalogues, I noticed all the various addresses shown on the catalogues through the years.

Whilst the table isn't a definitive time line of the addresses, it however does give us some record of where Filofax and Lefax were located through the years.

I hope you find it of interest. If you have any additional locations please mention them in the comments below.




Year
Address
Map Link
Notes
1914
 Standard Corporation,
Pennsylvania Building
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia		 Lefax
1
1920
 Sheridan Building
125 South 9th Street
Philadelphia		 Lefax
2
1921
 W & T Rouce
Appold Street
London, EC2		 Norman and Hill Ltd
Exact number not known.
3
1929
 40 Foster Lane,
Cheapside,
London, EC2		 Norman and Hill Ltd
4
1937
 16 Newgate Street,
London, EC1		 Norman and Hill Ltd
5
1940
 Aldgate Street
London, EC1 		Norman and Hill Ltd
Exact number not known.
Bombed out 30 December 1940
6
1944
 47c Queens Road
Watford
Herts		 Norman and Hill Ltd
7
1981
 Plough Yard Works,
Plough Yard,
Hearn Street,
London, EC2A 3PR		 Norman & Hill (Filofax) sales
Not sure of the precise location.
8
1987
 Filofax House
Forest Road
Ilford IG6 3HP		 Filofax
9
1988
 Lefax Publishing,
9 Murray Street,
London NW1 9RE		 Lefax Publishing
10
1988
 Lefax Publishing,
28 Shelton Street
London WC2		 Lefax shop
11
1991
 Le Jour et L'Heure,
13 Rue Oudinot,
75007, Paris		 Filofax France
12
1992
 Filofax Centre
21 Conduit Street,
London W1		 Filofax Shop
13
1992
 4th Floor,
4 Brandon Road,
London, N7 9TP		 Lefax UK
14
1992
 32 Rue de Francs Bourgeois,
75003, Paris		 Lefax France
15
1993
 32 Rue de Francs Bourgeois,
75003, Paris		 Filofax France
16
1993
 Filofax Inc,
500 West Avenue,
Stamford, Connecticut, 		Filofax Inc (USA)
17
1994
 Filofax Ltd Waverley House,
7-12 Noel Street,
London, W1V 4BA		 Filofax Ltd
18
1994
 Filofax Inc, Building
101, Merritt 7, Norwalk,
CT 06851, USA		 Filofax Inc (USA)
19
1994
 Filofax GMBH
Am Weisse Berg 3,
61476 Kronberg im Taunus,
Germany		 Filofax De
20
1994
 Filofax SARL,
89 Rue De Sèvres,
75006, Paris,
France		 Filofax France
21
1994
 Balderbækvej 31,
DK-2635 Ishøj,
Denmark		 Filofax DK
22
1996
 Baybond Mail Order
P.O. Box 133,
Burgess Hill,
West Sussex
RH15 9FT		 Mail Order, not sure about this one
PO Box Numbers can be reused!
23
1998
 Unit 3, Victoria Gardens,
Burgess Hill,
West Sussex,
RH15 9NB		 Filofax UK
24
1999
 Filofax Inc,
372 Danbury Road,
Suite 171,
Wilton, CT 06897,
USA		 Filofax USA
25
2002
 Filofax Shop,
68 Neal Street,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9PJ		 Filofax shop
26
2005
 Filofax GmbH
Am Kronberger Hang 3
D-65824 Schwalbach		 Filofax DE
27
2010
 Filofax SARL
69-73 Boulevard Victor Hugo,
93400 Saint-Ouen		 Filofax France
28
2015
 FLB Group
21 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex, RH16 3TP		 FLB Group
29
Thornybank Industrial Estate,
Dalkeith,
Midlothian, EH22 2NE		 Filofax-Letts
Factory and Warehouse
30
Rediform, Inc.
555 Airline Drive Coppell,
TX 75019		 Filofax Blueline Rediform USA
31

Nearly all of the sites are no longer Filofax addresses apart from the most recent ones as far as we know. 

This list has been put together for historical interest only.

Footnotes: These will include details of the source of the information above to aid more detailed research.

  1. Wikipedia 
  2. Post card date stamped 24 March 1920 - https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/1920-san-luis-potosi-mexico-commercial-cover-to-philadelphia-usa-sunburst-label/20974041  
  3. Filofax Facts - Ian Sinclair - Page 1. 
  4. Grace's Guide - https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Norman_and_Hill
  5. Catalogue cover for 1937 - https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2012/01/journey-back-in-time-part-1.html
  6. Filofax Facts - Ian Sinclair - Page 2-3.
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6 comments:

  1. gmax14 January, 2019 03:58

    Great list Steve.
    One to add as the earliest (1914) would be Standard Corporation, Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia. This was the Lefax organisation then, and evidence suggests the building may have been located at 15th and Chestnut Streets.

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  2. gmax14 January, 2019 04:55

    Hers’s another from 1944:
    Norman & Hill Ltd
    47c Queens Road
    Watford
    Herts

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  3. Steve Morton14 January, 2019 10:34

    Thank you for the additions. I recall now us discussing these locations in the past!

    Now added and also added to the map

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  4. gmax14 January, 2019 13:46

    Thanks. An inspection of the first chapter of the "Filofax Facts" book has just revealed a couple more.
    In 1921, Norman & Hill "began operations at the premises of W & T Rounce in Appold Street within the City of London".
    Later in the chapter, the office that was bombed in 1940 is stated as being on Aldersgate Street. A subsequent move to Watford is also confirmed.

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    1. Steve Morton14 January, 2019 14:07

      40 Foster Lane, Cheapside, London, EC2 is also mentioned for Norman and Hill here : https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Norman_and_Hill

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    2. gmax15 January, 2019 02:51

      Good find there. I wonder if that comes from the 1929 British Industries Fair source mentioned?
      BTW - a photo here places Lefax in the Sheridan Building in 1920.

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