Philofaxy

22 May 2025

Find: Lefax organiser.

It's great to hear that someone has discovered a Filofax or Lefax via our catalogue archive. It represents many many hours/days of scanning the pages in, but I think you will agree that it is a valuable asset to have.

Thank you to Theresa for sending in the following photos of her Lefax Oval that she picked up at a car boot sale for all of £0.50!!

Three pen loops? Sort of.... pass a pen through all three and that will hold the organiser closed, no need for a clasp and the added bulk.

The rings look in excellent condition.

I'm sure with a bit of leather care TLC this organiser has a lot of years service left in it.

The catalogue page from 1988

Thank you once again Theresa for sharing the photos with us.

21 May 2025

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 21 May 2025

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy.
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Enjoy

20 May 2025

Free For All Tuesday - No. 746

What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or post a question. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment.

It is Tuesday after all, so fire away with any questions and comments.

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19 May 2025

Returning home after the meet-up.

As a postscript to the meet up, on last Tuesday we returned home to France.

This visit had also been for a family event, our eldest grand sons birthday. Therefore it was a short visit.

The flight from Stansted to Poitiers takes about 80-90 minutes so we can get from England to our home in no time at all.

Yesterday when we arrived at Stansted we noticed that the security checks had been changed in the last few weeks. It seems they had installed new scanning machines for people and luggage.

As usual you had to put your hand baggage in to a tray, empty your pockets, remove belts etc, but with the new machines you don't have to remove your laptops from your bag.

My bag went through but was pulled in to the detailed search line. The security guy was looking at the scan results and then asked me

'Can you please tell me what is in your bag sir'

I then went on to list the contents

'Macbook, iPad, Kindle, Headphones, Filofax.......'

I then saw the look of surprise on his face when I mentioned a Filofax. Clearly it was showing up a little strange on his monitor of the scanner.

The tray with my bag was now in front of him and then he asked.

'Can you please show me your Filofax, I remember them very well.'

He also called over one of his colleagues who hadn't heard of a Filofax before.

I pulled out my A5 Lockwood Zip, and unzipped it to show him the interior and the rings which had showed up on the scan....

We then chatted a bit about why I still used a Filofax and I pulled out a Philofaxy card and gave it to him. He was quite surprised and thanked me.

I don't miss an opportunity to share the Philofaxy name!!

Have you ever had problems going through airport security with your Filofax?

18 May 2025

Silent Sunday - 'Filohax' Vintage on vintage No. 8

Winchester 4PLF 5/4 / World War 2 magazine collectors cards

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