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'''Clive Nicholls''' was a key figure at [[LEGO UK Limited]] from the 1970s through the 1990s. Nicholls worked as the head of marketing at LEGO UK during much of his time there. He was also the chief editor of the publication ''[[Bricks 'n Pieces]]'' and the president of the LEGO Club in the United Kingdom. Nicholls left LEGO UK at some point between 1996 and 1999.
| image        = Clive Nicholls BnP Summer 1991.jpg
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| caption      = Nicholls {{circa|1989}}
| birth_name    = Clive Ambrose Valentine Nicholls
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1932|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Wikipedia:Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], [[Wikipedia:Hampshire|Hampshire]], England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2004|2|2|1932|8|29|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Wikipedia:Lydbury North|Lydbury North]], [[Wikipedia:Shropshire|Shropshire]], England
| other_names  =
| occupation    = Marketing manager
| years_active  =
| known_for    =
| notable_works = ''[[Bricks 'n Pieces]]''
}}


== Stuff ==
'''Clive Ambrose Valentine Nicholls''' (29 August 1932 − 2 February 2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/CliveNicholls-records |title=Clive Nicholls registration index records |access-date=28 September 2025}}</ref> was a marketing manager at [[LEGO UK Limited]].
Clive Nicholls started working at LEGO UK (then called British LEGO Ltd) around 1960.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/engeland-heeft-nu-ook-een-legoland~be69e5ca |title=Engeland heeft nu ook een Legoland |first=Haro |last=Hielkema |date=6 April 1996 |newspaper=[[Wikipedia:Trouw|Trouw]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:DPG Media|DPG Media]] |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506134431/https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/engeland-heeft-nu-ook-een-legoland~be69e5ca |archive-date=6 May 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |quote='De spirit is hier gelijk aan die in Billund', zegt voorlichter Clive Nicholls, die al 36 jaar voor het concern werkt. |trans-title=England now has a Legoland too |trans-quote="The spirit here is the same as in Billund," says spokesperson Clive Nicholls, who has worked for the group for 36 years.}}</ref>


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== Biography ==
Clive Nicholls joined LEGO in 1960.<ref name="Trouw 96"/>


By 1999 Nicholls had left LEGO UK. On his last day of work, colleagues from LEGOLAND Windsor gifted him a 36 cm-high LEGO figure of himself.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |p=64 |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3}}</ref>
Nicholls retired by 1999.<ref name="Ultimate Lego Book"/>


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="Trouw 96">{{cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/engeland-heeft-nu-ook-een-legoland~be69e5ca |title=Engeland heeft nu ook een Legoland |first=Haro |last=Hielkema |date=6 April 1996 |newspaper=[[Wikipedia:Trouw|Trouw]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:DPG Media|DPG Media]] |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506134431/https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/engeland-heeft-nu-ook-een-legoland~be69e5ca |archive-date=6 May 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |quote='De spirit is hier gelijk aan die in Billund', zegt voorlichter Clive Nicholls, die al 36 jaar voor het concern werkt. |trans-title=England now has a Legoland too |trans-quote="The spirit here is the same as in Billund," says spokesperson Clive Nicholls, who has worked for the group for 36 years.}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Ultimate Lego Book">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |p=64 |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3 |quote=This chap is a caricature of a former President of the LEGO Club, Clive Nicholls. It was given to him on his last day of work as a leaving gift by his colleagues at Windsor. The figure is 36 cm (15 in) high}}</ref>
}}
 
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[[Category:LEGO UK employees]]

Latest revision as of 11:02, 28 September 2025

Clive Nicholls
Nicholls c. 1989
Born
Clive Ambrose Valentine Nicholls

(1932-08-29)29 August 1932
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died2 February 2004(2004-02-02) (aged 71)
Lydbury North, Shropshire, England
OccupationMarketing manager
Notable workBricks 'n Pieces

Clive Ambrose Valentine Nicholls (29 August 1932 − 2 February 2004)[1] was a marketing manager at LEGO UK Limited.

Biography

Clive Nicholls joined LEGO in 1960.[2]

Nicholls retired by 1999.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Clive Nicholls registration index records". Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Hielkema, Haro (6 April 1996). "Engeland heeft nu ook een Legoland" [England now has a Legoland too]. Trouw (in Dutch). DPG Media. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. 'De spirit is hier gelijk aan die in Billund', zegt voorlichter Clive Nicholls, die al 36 jaar voor het concern werkt. ["The spirit here is the same as in Billund," says spokesperson Clive Nicholls, who has worked for the group for 36 years.]
  3. ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.). The Ultimate LEGO Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 64. ISBN 0-7513-5948-3. This chap is a caricature of a former President of the LEGO Club, Clive Nicholls. It was given to him on his last day of work as a leaving gift by his colleagues at Windsor. The figure is 36 cm (15 in) high
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