[LRflex] Re: Leica of Pens; Hannover pics for more controversy
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:00:37 +0200
Hello Alex,
Geha Platz is about 20 minutes leisurely walk from our house along the
canal, the factory closed down some time ago and is now a bank, shop and
office centre.
They were best known for school and office supplies , another Hannover
product from just over the road was the first of those sticky push-up
glue sticks , called "Pritt"
I'll have to look it up, but I think GeHa was absorbed by the Pelikan
Group - The sticky stuff went to Henkel (Persil soap powders).
cheers
Douglas
Alex Hurst wrote:
>Douglas - in the course of your worthy project where everything
>worthwhile and German appears to have been invented in Hannover
>(apart from the Leica), did you ever come across the GeHa factory?
>Big in inks and pens apparently.
>
>When I used to do exchanges with my Hannover friend regularly in the
>60s, I seem to recall he spent a lot of his hols earning a few DM by
>pushing huge vats of ink around there.
>
>He was also a photo enthusiast, using an Agfa Silette when I was
>toting my first ever 35mm camera, a Dacora Dignette. I used to envy
>him greatly because he had a darkroom in his loft, which I was able
>to use when I was over. This was a luxury I didn't achieve until much
>later, and of course now have no need of in this semi-digital era.
>
>Good luck with the project.
>
>Best
>
>Alex
>
>
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