Mail Time | vintage Twinlock binder with AEI logo

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An extremely interesting find, dating to between 1928 and 1968, with a AEI logo.
Some useful links:
AEI history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Electrical_Industries
Trafford Park:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/29/manchester-trafford-park-world-first-industrial-estate-history-cities-50-buildings
Twinlock brief history:
https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+LMA~2F4236?SESSIONSEARCH

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7 thoughts on “Mail Time | vintage Twinlock binder with AEI logo”

  2. I've seen a couple of Twinlock binders for sale and have hesitated to get one for two reason. 1. The shipping from the UK is more than the binder itself. 2. I was unsure of the dimensions needed for the inserts. Now I know they are not the same (at least the one I was looking at) as the personal size inserts. Thank you for sharing and hope your recovery proceeds swiftly.

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  3. This is a beautiful binder! The history that it's seen! Made me wonder if my dad had anything similar as he worked for the SEC (State Electricity Commission of Victoria)? I'll never know

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  4. I also love that whoever used this binder, also used a Filofax! When you were explaining the extra punched holes!
    And a question as I can't tell watching this on my phone, but are the dividers made by someone do you think, or a product bought/supplied for the binder???

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  5. Very nice binder, indeed. I believe, it could accommodate A6 paper (or a bit narrower than A6) better than it would (Filofax) personal size.

    I have a lovely binder with the same ring mechanism spacing, but alas it's a little narrower. I don't know who made it, but it has engraved "Real Leather. Made in England."

    I use paper 70x148mm, which is exactly one third of an A5 or one sixth of an A4 piece of paper; so that I don't wast a single square millimeter or paper when I cut my inserts from either size paper.

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