Participant Info
- First Name
- Geoffrey
- Last Name
- Dean
- Press Name
- The Milldean Press
- City
- Box Hill
- State
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Website or Blogsite
- www.milldean.com
- Year You Started with Letterpress
- 1960
- How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing
Started an apprenticeship and bought a Prouty Perfected Platen.
- Presses & Equipment
1923 8 x 12 Chandler and Price New Style Platen, now with motor drive; 1960 10 x 15 Heidelberg Platen; 1925 Waterlow & Sons Standard Ticket Printing Machine; 1959 Waterlow & Sons Ultra Ticket Printing Machine x 2; 1947 Bell & Valentine Ticket Printing Machine x 2; Grieg Primary Card Slitting Machine; Waterlow & Sons Secondary Card Slitting Machine; Harrild & Son 34" Guillotine; Douglas Trim-o-saw
- Education & Training
Passed Intermediate Certificate 1959. Apprenticeship in Hand and Machine Composition 1965
- Work History
Five Year Apprenticeship, then I have worked in various printing shops in Victoria, Aus and Aylesbury and Heanor in the UK
- Other Interests & Hobbies
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.
- Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
- Birth Year
- Friday 15 May 1942
- Your Photo or Press Photo
