Geoffrey D. Dean
The Milldean Press
Victoria, Australia
[Written: August, 2005]
Date
of Birth: Friday, 15th May, 1942
Education: Passed Intermediate Certificate. Hand and Machine Composition Apprenticeship.
Equipment:C&P New Style Platen - Treadle; Model 48 Linotype with a fairly large collection of fonts; Heidelberg 10 x 15 Platen; Ludlow with
nearly nine cabinets of fonts; Harrild & Son 34 inch Guillotine; Waterlow Railway Ticket Printing Machines - Standard
and Ultra; Bell & Valentine Railway Ticket Printing Machines; 1910 Edmondson Railway Ticket Printing Machine; Primary Ticket Card
Slitting Machine; Waterlow Secondary Ticket Card Slitting Machine.
All this is housed in a 20 x 40 foot shed.
Work History: Apprenticed
in 1960. Worked in various printing establishments. Travelled and worked in the UK in 1967/8 (Aylesbury Bucks) and 1971/4 (Heanor
Derbys). Went bus driving in 1993 and since 1999 - Tram Driving, whilst working part time from home.
Currently a friend
and I print tickets for various preserved railways in Australia and Wales, UK.
