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Old August 16th 05, 10:59 AM
June Hughes
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June Hughes wrote:
They were originally made by a firm called Mordan, which was bombed
out during WWII. If you type the word Mordan into Google you will
find lots of info.
HTH


Not quite correct. Let me quote Sue Courtier, Jane Marshall, and Jim
Marshall's wonderful, fact-packed book, "Collectible Pencils." "Y-o-L
was founded in 1934 by L. F. Brenner...After being bombed out of
business in 1941 they started again in 1946...In 1955 they acquired
Edward Baker and thereby the Mordan company patents..."

So Y-o-L acquired the company that had acquired Mordan, not the other
way around. Y-o-L pencils were not made by Mordan.

From the same source, "Hall marked [sic] pencils bear makers' names JM
& Co, Johnson Matthey & Co, E.B., Edward Baker and Y.O.L. Yard O'Led."

Thank-you for the information. If you simply type 'Yard-O-Lead' into
Google you get no history at all - just lots of people trying to sell
pens. OTOH, If you type Mordan, you get a great deal of info.

For example if you look at the following:

http://www.jimgaston.com/faq.htm

Of course the info may be incorrect....................
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June Hughes
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