tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post1820589147468507756..comments2024-03-29T04:00:59.839-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: A Journey Back In Time - Part 1Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-76202160959856343412012-11-11T04:19:54.539-05:002012-11-11T04:19:54.539-05:00@Tim - you might put a map of the 'Balkans'...@Tim - you might put a map of the 'Balkans' in your Filofax so you can learn the names of those countries, as we know the names of all the states. Thank you!Diliana Imandievahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377996913615725851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-67729359346139053212012-01-16T07:43:35.070-05:002012-01-16T07:43:35.070-05:00@Tim - just looked at the photos you'd put on ...@Tim - just looked at the photos you'd put on FPN - those Lefax leaves look amazing. Like @David F, I'd love to explore that collection. Looks like a fundamental and undocumented chunk of Filofax history is there in a couple of boxes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-2028142103789775082012-01-14T00:52:14.534-05:002012-01-14T00:52:14.534-05:00"Lefax - the mechanical memory" I love ..."Lefax - the mechanical memory" I love it.terriknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914670141518172845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-91792236395982038702012-01-13T11:30:30.118-05:002012-01-13T11:30:30.118-05:00This was really cool stuff. I used to teach Histor...This was really cool stuff. I used to teach History so I enjoy reading about stuff from the past. Hope you guys are enjoying the New Year as much as I. Be well. LorraineMsPencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446818490905228791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-72247426934671936802012-01-12T13:34:35.877-05:002012-01-12T13:34:35.877-05:00Great post Steve! This is amazing. I would love ...Great post Steve! This is amazing. I would love to find storage boxes like these, but they'd have to be a reasonable price, unlike the "storage binders" Filofax sells today.WellPlannedLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639851771653623399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-89041197169945161622012-01-11T22:58:06.746-05:002012-01-11T22:58:06.746-05:00great looking post! I can't wait to come back...great looking post! I can't wait to come back on the weekend and give it a good read.terriknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914670141518172845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-8347007562244440842012-01-11T16:22:34.882-05:002012-01-11T16:22:34.882-05:00Wow. Just wow!
What a fantastic archival document...Wow. Just wow!<br /><br />What a fantastic archival document and a fantastic post. Thank you so much Steve!<br /><br />Tim Ettenheim - I would be very interested in your collection of Lefax inserts. Can you please contact me<br /><br />Best Wishes<br />DavidDavid F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10494695138868118332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-31808956930989076562012-01-11T14:55:35.835-05:002012-01-11T14:55:35.835-05:00Fascinating post and loved reading all the comment...Fascinating post and loved reading all the comments too. What a find.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-4493930153164477322012-01-11T14:51:02.703-05:002012-01-11T14:51:02.703-05:00Duplex binders - now there's an idea :o)Duplex binders - now there's an idea :o)LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778171833372717942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-60650336348022906552012-01-11T12:46:27.719-05:002012-01-11T12:46:27.719-05:00January 1937 is certainly possible. But "137...January 1937 is certainly possible. But "137" could also be the product number of this product list! <br /><br />I would suggest there was a typo and the "Austria Hungary" should have had a comma inserted in between. <br /><br />I've looked through a 1928 RAC Handbook and can't find any reference to "trunk roads". I think this term first came into use with Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1411499365996165972012-01-11T12:45:54.582-05:002012-01-11T12:45:54.582-05:00What a fantastic post - and great pictures, too! T...What a fantastic post - and great pictures, too! Thank you very much, Steve, I simply love your time travel (without the 'flux capacitor' )!!<br />I, too, would love to see some of the ' old' inserts again - such a wide range, from special inserts for girl-scouts to docters and ministers..... Happy times, dinosaurs or not;-)<br />Also great information about the change in the Sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117536093989936960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-36632904805504004872012-01-11T11:30:48.674-05:002012-01-11T11:30:48.674-05:00I happen to have two of these in my collection.
T...I happen to have two of these in my collection.<br /><br />The first was on radio, and was very rich in schematics, and construction details. It was in a cardboard binder, was copyrighted in 1930, but it shows it was reprinted in 1959.<br /><br />The second is on construction, is in a leather Lefax binder and it too is copyrighted in 1930. This one just shows that many basic constuction crofterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977273055291702683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-82959475852766098832012-01-11T09:58:16.560-05:002012-01-11T09:58:16.560-05:00The number "137" on the first page. 01/1...The number "137" on the first page. 01/1937?<br />On Page 7 it says "Austria Hungary" which was dissolved after WW I.abc defhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345956948728676826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-64369280855179352592012-01-11T09:52:46.084-05:002012-01-11T09:52:46.084-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.abc defhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345956948728676826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-34075123190525141072012-01-11T08:13:30.314-05:002012-01-11T08:13:30.314-05:00Steve,
great post -- and I have two boxes of Lexaf...Steve,<br />great post -- and I have two boxes of Lexaf stuff! I was directed to this stuff from my post about my Lexaf finds in the Fountain Pen Network (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/211901-lexaf-forms-and-notebooks/page__gopid__2211919#entry2211919). Mine are American, either published in or distributed from New York City, these as late as 1965. I would be pleasedTim Ettenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741998174019089109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-39699145725413450412012-01-11T08:12:34.459-05:002012-01-11T08:12:34.459-05:00If the date is available, it may be interesting to...If the date is available, it may be interesting to apply inflationLynne Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830311151036778174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-36512150058300223392012-01-11T07:26:13.311-05:002012-01-11T07:26:13.311-05:00Re: the date, Many documents used to have a printe...Re: the date, Many documents used to have a printers code - usually on the last or back page. This often gave a clue to date of printing. eg "Printed by Bloggs and Sons 836/5" indicating a printing date of August 1936 and a 5000 print run. However, this was not universal by any means and as it was (presumably) printed in house, might not appear. I'm hoping that Part 2 might Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-48233912099384681242012-01-11T07:00:48.853-05:002012-01-11T07:00:48.853-05:00Hi, the special handbooks look interesting, I wond...Hi, the special handbooks look interesting, I wonder why Filofax does not more today. Handbook for gardening, movies etc. Moleskine does this now, why not Filofax.<br />I would like to have such more special refillsMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757271109425102487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-68068889943953535262012-01-11T06:31:16.098-05:002012-01-11T06:31:16.098-05:00And ps thanks for the info on the monetary system,...And ps thanks for the info on the monetary system, it was a huge mystery to me but you have explained it very well!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-52850127792560814742012-01-11T06:29:42.365-05:002012-01-11T06:29:42.365-05:00Oh my gosh Steve this is amazing!!!! I wish they ...Oh my gosh Steve this is amazing!!!! I wish they still had all those inserts available, I would love the birdwatching ones and, well, all of them really.<br /><br />And am I reading those right that the prices of the binders are a pound or less??? Oh how times have changed!!!<br /><br />(PS if it was cost-effective to print all those different inserts back then, surely they could manage it now Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-86261625324994407912012-01-11T05:30:01.936-05:002012-01-11T05:30:01.936-05:00Hi Scoot
Yes I've been puzzling over when this...Hi Scoot<br />Yes I've been puzzling over when this might have been printed. <br /><br />Originally the company had operated from the premises of W&T Rounce in Appold Street.<br /><br />According to 'Filofax Facts' the office that was bombed in WWII was in Aldersgate Street on 30 Dec 1940<br /><br />They then moved to a temporary office in Watford. <br /><br />Their main customersSteve Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062727836545335187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-25646900053953712382012-01-11T03:32:11.609-05:002012-01-11T03:32:11.609-05:00I was the same age as you Steve at decimalisation ...I was the same age as you Steve at decimalisation (15th Feb 1971). I can still convert any amount from £sd to £p and vice-versa, instantly in my head. So eighty seven and a half new pence - that's 17/6d in old money! <br /><br />My children glaze over at my "party piece" and think of me as very sad!<br /><br />To save confusion, it was initially "np" for New Pence. Many Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-56687620472537649582012-01-11T02:21:00.254-05:002012-01-11T02:21:00.254-05:00What a fantastic find! Brilliant!What a fantastic find! Brilliant!Femkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748671519666062399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-40773202722682154362012-01-11T01:32:18.526-05:002012-01-11T01:32:18.526-05:00A wonderful post! Thanks Steve.A wonderful post! Thanks Steve.Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161724366696139219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-75804753164484848892012-01-11T00:56:56.675-05:002012-01-11T00:56:56.675-05:00What an intriguing range of inserts! There used to...What an intriguing range of inserts! There used to be a shop in Cambridge called The Organiser Shop which I loved to visit. I remember one wall just full of various inserts and the conversations I had with the owner about organisation. I often wonder what happened to her. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I'm looking forward to part 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com