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Re: Esoteric Lego history question
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 11 Apr 2005 03:28:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote:
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In 1996 Kjeld won a distinguished Family business award. One of the points
in the summary was that Godtfred considered selling Lego after the tragic
death of his daughter in a car accident. Does anyone know when this was?
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Well, machine traslators don’t do a great job, but
this article seems to
indicate it was October 1969. You might be able to get a better translation from
someone here that knows Danish.
ROSCO
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) thanks Ross. I actually "thought" I read this page several weeks ago. The original is in Norwegian, but I think you are absoutely right about the date. -- Jim (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Kelly: This is very helpful. I am getting closer to a complete family tree. Looking at Wiencek's World of Lego toys it appears that the early boxes are in fact Kjeld and his 2 sisters. In 1996 Kjeld won a distinguished Family business award. (...) (19 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.general)
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