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Wairoa Star, New Zealand

Pictures sent in by Graeme How, taken in the late 60s and early 70s.

We have four pages of articles about the Wairoa Star sent in by Graeme, check the “Related Pages” menu to see the others.

Type in composing stick (72pt Christchurch Bold Condensed).

Graeme How operating an Intertype, 1972.

Trade school — Trade School, Auckland, New Zealand 1971.

Ludlow Model M — Model M Ludlow and typecases.

Queensland Newspapers, Brisbane

Pictures of the last day of hot metal production, sent in by Alan Jones.

The photographs that follow were scanned in from a special edition published by Queensland Newspapers in Brisbane, Australia back in 1982.

They lack a little in quality as a result, but I think they are well worthy of inclusion on the site.

Pages waiting to be dissed — Pages being lined up for the last time before being dissed.

Linotype operator — Hard at work on the Linotype.

Apprentice — An apprentice takes a last look.

London Evening News 1980

All smiles round the stone as the London Evening News bites the dust in 1980. Picture sent in by Dick McWilliams.

London Evening News stonehands — Dick McWilliams and colleagues round the stone at the London Evening News. The picture was taken the day the paper folded at the end of 1980 after losing out in the circulation war with the London Evening Standard. Dick (a sub) is to the right with glasses and no apron.

Intertype Manual

Graeme Howe, from New Zealand sent in these pictures from an old Intertype Manual he had.

Intertype keyboard layout — A diagram of the Intertype keyboard.

Intertype matrices and slug — This picture shows (from top) Matrices assembled into a line, the resulting line of type or slug and the end result printed.

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Yorkshire Evening Press

There are six pages of Yorkshire Evening Press photos on Metal Type. Check the “Related Pages” menu to see the rest.

Stonehands — Yorkshire Evening Press stonehands posing in front of a Ludlow, late 1970s. The guy leaning in from the left is John Bradley, the big guy to the right at the back is Bob Procter, next to him Derek Johnson, left of him John Langthorp (wearing the “hat”) and the man at the front in the grey jacket was Frank Smith.

This pictures shows the same stonehands standing near the Yorkshire Evening Press’s Intertype Monarchs. I took the pic on a self-timer and I’m stood on the right in the white shirt (think it must have been my day off!). Apologies for the blurring on the people who couldn’t stay still for two seconds!

Readers — Terry Foster – reader, Les Lightfoot – copyholder — he fell into the rotaries downstairs twice and it was thought safer in the readers! John Langthorpe – comp. Tommy Arnold – copyholder. Derek Skillbeck – reader.

Ian Cottom – reader (who sent in the last three photos) … 44 years in the darned job!!!

Harry Craig

Harry, from New Zealand owns and maintains three Linotype machines. Pictures sent in by his colleague, Tim Ede.

Three Linecasters — Harry has three linotype machines a Model 31, a Model 33 and an Elektron 2. Harry looks after these machines, keeping them in excellent working order.

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Cosco Printing

Photos taken in 1988 during the last days of hot type at the North Carolina (US) company. Sent in by Bob Scurry.

Edward Farnell (1915-1998)

Linotype Model 8 — Edward operating a Model 8 Linotype in June 1988, towards the end of the hot type days at Cosco Printing in North Carolina (US).

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Sunday Telegraph UK

George Clark, who has also written two stories for Metal Type, sent in these photographs of the last days of hot metal.

Linotype engineer — My old friend Doug. Allen, Engineer. This was taken in the small Lino Room of the Sunday Telegraph, used by the Regulars Wed., Thurs., Fri., it contained eight machines.

The Heading Room — Inside the Heading Room at the S.T. The two Operators were ex-Evening News (their names escape me), the Grass ‘Ship made room for six unemployed Operators each week as the list of unemployed increased. The person standing had been the FOC of the Evening News Chapel.

Row of linecasters — Stan Abbot, a Regular, keying in a late “Take”. He is on “B” row with “C” row on the right, the machines numbered from one-up from the far end.

Linotype Operators — On the left Eric Ashworth, a Regular Operator, on the right a Linotype Engineer, his name escapes me. On the wall behind them is the Chapel Noticeboard carrying various Notices, Rotas and other Chapel Data.

George Again — Your’s Truly. I am seated at E8, on the end of “E” row. E7 & E8 were Intertype F4s, Mixers, and were grouped with those in the Heading Room whose entrance is just beyond E7 on the Right.

Intertype Model G4-4SM

The Model G4 is a double distributor mixer machine with four main magazines.

The magazines are of the wide 72-channel and 90-channel types and are available in any desired combination: two wide 72-channel and two 90-channel magazines, or one wide 72-channel and three 90-channel magazines, or three wide 72-channel and one 90-channel magazines.

This machine may be equipped with two or four 34-channel side magazines (G4-2s.m. and G4-4s.m.). Front removal of main magazines.

All G4 mixer machines are convertible into non-mixer machines (72-90 C4, 72-90 C4-4s.m.and 72-90 C4-4s.m.).

Intertype fan? We have some great photos taken, in colour, at their Brooklyn factory in 1966 here: Intertype Factory, 1966 also don’t miss the Intertype Chat section of the Forum.