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Re: More esoteric Lego history
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:55:20 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote: • SNIPPAGE
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> Got some more info from a Danish collector from a nearby Danish town, on the
> event that almost changed Lego history... (and KKK was not behind the wheel)...
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> "I know Hanne died in a car crash. Some years ago I talked to a woman who worked
> for the Kirk Kristiansen family in 1969. She could tell every detail of the car
> crash. It was a red Mini (Austin / Morris Mini 850 or 1000) and the kids were
> out for a kind of speed / street race. I know who drove the car - he survived -
> and today is CEO of a major production and retail chain here in Denmark. Only a
> very few people know who he is. KKK has never and will not talk about the
> accident."
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> "Also, some years ago I talked to a very old lady who worked as a housekeeper /
> (nanny for Godtfred) / the Ole Kirk Christiansen family. I have some very early
> wooden toys, that she got from the family. She could tell how poor and miserable
> the Christiansen family was."
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> I still don't know which sister Hanne was, but I am starting to believe it was
> the younger sister..... WHY? Because the 1986 book THE WORLD OF LEGO TOYS (page
> 49) and the 1999 book THE ULTIMATE LEGO BOOK (page 13) both show pictures of KKK
> with only one sister (a 1953-55 picture). It was probably "politically correct"
> to show the living sister, not the deceased one, since I am sure that KKK has a
> copy of these books (as did GKC of the 1986 Lego Toys book while he was still
> alive until 1995). From 1955-60 most Lego sets showed both sisters and KKK on
> the box tops. But we are rarely shown these box tops, and for obvious reasons.
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> Just my opinion, not necessarily fact.
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> Gary Istok
Well I just got another email from my Danish collector friend, who continued:
"Hanne was the youger sister I belive. The official story, is that the accident
happened when the three kids where on their way to a movie theatre in a nearby
town called Give. The road was slippery/wet and the little Morris lost traction
(it was October). Godtfred gave Billund a "Cultural House" as a tribute to his
daughter (building named "Hanne")."
This confirms what you said Jim, and apparently what I was guessing at.
Hanne is the one in the blue jumper in Eric Strand's pictures on this thread.
Poor Hanne, she was probably "Daddy's little girl", being the youngest and all,
even though she was about 20 years old when she died. A real tragedy. And to
think that GKC (who was 49 years old at the time) was thinking about selling off
the company and all... makes you wonder what might have been, had he sold it....
I have so many boxes of Lego (mostly parts packs) with Hanne's picture (and
Gunhild and KKK) on it, that it almost feels like a personal loss (which may
help explain why I am dwelling on the tragedy). And in that sense, she will be
memorialized, and will be with us always....
(A saddened) Gary Istok
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