Yes, the purple ones were a Fordigraph machine.....I had purple fingers for years!! Thank goodness for photocopiers!
Ruth thelacema...@optusnet.com.au -----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Tregellas Family Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:10 AM To: Arachne Lace Subject: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] Snapshot of my life I remember the Gestetner - a horrible mess if you made a typing error. One had to spread a wax-like substance out of a pot, just like nail varnish, and wait till it dried before correcting the mistake. The purple copy I remember as a Fordigraph. The copies were made by typing on special carbon? paper then the sheet was attached to a drum and the resulting copy was always a purple colour. The purple ink was horrible stuff to remove from hands or clothes. Cheers, Shirley T. - listening to hobnail boots on the roof as the workmen install our solar electricity system - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
