Stories.

These are amazing pictures and show the Nissen Stamp patented by Georg Nissen and their better performance proved by Peter Norman Nissen in the Rand (South Africa) when Peter Nissen… Read more: Nissen Stamp Mill

I used to wonder what those rooms had been used for during the war. Long after leaving the school, I discovered that the hostel was specifically built to accommodate Bevin… Read more: Brought up in a Nissen Hut

Peter Nissen, the Inventor of the Nissen Hut, was born in the USA in on the 6th August 1871.  He attended Trinity College, North Carolina leaving in 1891.  In 1896… Read more: Lt Col Peter Norman Nissen

Georg Hermanus Nissen was brought up in Norway in a ship building family based in Bergen.  As was normal in their period, the second and later sons were obliged to emigrate… Read more: Georg Nissen Biography

This is the story of Georg Hermanus Nissen’s tools and the tool chest that we have inherited. I believe that he gave his tools to his son (Peter) when he travelled… Read more: Inherited Tools