Participant Info

First Name

Geoffrey

Last Name

Dean

Press Name

The Milldean Press

City

Box Hill

State

Victoria

Country

Australia

Email

milldean AT optusnet.com.au

Website or Blogsite

www.milldean.com

Year You Started with Letterpress

1960

How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing

<p style="text-align: justify;">Started an apprenticeship and bought a Prouty Perfected Platen.</p>

Presses & Equipment

<p style="text-align: justify;">1923 8 x 12 Chandler and Price New Style Platen, now with motor drive; 1960 10 x 15 Heidelberg Platen; 1925 Waterlow &amp; Sons Standard Ticket Printing Machine; 1959 Waterlow &amp; Sons Ultra Ticket Printing Machine x 2; 1947 Bell &amp; Valentine Ticket Printing Machine x 2; Grieg Primary Card Slitting Machine; Waterlow &amp; Sons Secondary Card Slitting Machine; Harrild &amp; Son 34" Guillotine; Douglas Trim-o-saw</p>

Education & Training

<p style="text-align: justify;">Passed Intermediate Certificate 1959. Apprenticeship in Hand and Machine Composition 1965</p>

Work History

<p style="text-align: justify;">Five Year Apprenticeship, then I have worked in various printing shops in Victoria, Aus and Aylesbury and Heanor in the UK</p>

Other Interests & Hobbies

<p style="text-align: justify;">Besides printing Edmondson Railway Tickets I dabble in photography (still and video) and Tramway and Railway Preservation. Also spent many years as a Cub Scout Leader.</p>

Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any

Birth Year

Friday 15 May 1942

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