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Don Dorrigo Gazette Final Edition

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Mechanic

After 113 years the Don Dorrigo Gazette, the last Hot Metal letterpress newspaper in Australia, has printed the final edition. I had known that the end was near from a Linotype mechanic associate of mine who helped Michael English, the editor publish over the phone when possible. This time the old Intertype C4 decided it had ejected enough hot metal slugs. Michael managed to get it working, but agreed with the old machine that their time together was up. 

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George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA


Dave Hughes

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Alan Thompson

Fantastic video! Very evocative of my days as a hand compositor. If the chap in the video would like to chat about all things letterpress please pass on my contact details. I'd be glad to reminisce with him.
Alanjamesthompson@gmail.com

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