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Posted by Dave Hughes
- April 18, 2024, 09:06:14 AMIf anyone would like to invite Bruce round to their British print shop in May please post here, or contact Bruce directly by email (address at end of his post).
Posted by Bruce McDonald
- April 18, 2024, 07:30:39 AMMy name is Bruce McDonald, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
It has been 27 years since we last visited England. We are planning to spend three days in London and another 2 weeks 'traveling around' in May.
Might you tell us of some people/places we might talk to/see as regards to letterpress printing/hand set type/(perhaps monotype)??
We visited S&B and Mouldtype back 'in the day.'
Letterpress printing has been my hobby since I was 11 years old. After college, I went to work for a printer...all 4 and 6 color offset...linotypes...but soon after they bought 'early on' photocomposition machines.
After working for 'the other guys' for 14 years, I took a huge gamble (two kids and a home mortgage by then) and started my own firm. If I may so, we were successful. I sold the business in 2018.
Candidly, I 'messed up' a perfectly good hobby by working in the commercial business. Still, I letterpress print, do hand composition in an 'extra' room on my 8x12 C&P. I love it!!!
Enough about me.
If you have a print shop in the UK you think I might find interesting please get in touch, I would so appreciate it.
Cordially,
Bruce McDonald
oldmac@bellsouth.net
It has been 27 years since we last visited England. We are planning to spend three days in London and another 2 weeks 'traveling around' in May.
Might you tell us of some people/places we might talk to/see as regards to letterpress printing/hand set type/(perhaps monotype)??
We visited S&B and Mouldtype back 'in the day.'
Letterpress printing has been my hobby since I was 11 years old. After college, I went to work for a printer...all 4 and 6 color offset...linotypes...but soon after they bought 'early on' photocomposition machines.
After working for 'the other guys' for 14 years, I took a huge gamble (two kids and a home mortgage by then) and started my own firm. If I may so, we were successful. I sold the business in 2018.
Candidly, I 'messed up' a perfectly good hobby by working in the commercial business. Still, I letterpress print, do hand composition in an 'extra' room on my 8x12 C&P. I love it!!!
Enough about me.
If you have a print shop in the UK you think I might find interesting please get in touch, I would so appreciate it.
Cordially,
Bruce McDonald
oldmac@bellsouth.net
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