Recent content by DLM1962

Yes - That’s me! Boiling Pot was a reference to a test of manhood practiced by the local tribe of Michigan. A pot of water was placed on a fire and a young man had to run around the lake and make it back before the pot boiled if he wanted to be seen as an adult by the tribe. Boiling Pot became...

The Kalamazoo News Magazine

Rodd Dunn's 60th Birthday Poster - celebrating many years of Binder-making

A group shot outside the factory entrance

On Strike! Official picket line - early 80's

The Platemakers

The Kalamazoo Football Team

Some of the Office ladies

And here he is at his press with the foreman (Wilf Hinton) to the left

A few of the ladies from the Kalamazoo Factory

This is a Double-Demy printing press behind these three printers. Your dad's press was to the left of this one.

Kenny Arthur trained me on the big sheet-fed press - The Double Demy - A lovely bloke, always wore a tie and a cardigan. Here he is having a sly lunchtime pint!

Hi All, I worked at (and still work for Kalamazoo - name changed to AdareSEC - we trade as KalamazooDirect online and as Kalamazoo oversea.). 1979 to present day. A few myths to correct: Kalamazoo was a British company NOT American in the least. The name comes from Kalamazoo, Michigan. It's a...