Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 1970

Bruce Anderton recently digitised some of his old photographic slide collection, and sent these in to Metal Type.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus front page, January 7, 1970.

Says Bruce: “Note space at the side of the masthead; this was where the edition seal was printed in red (the only colour in the paper in those days); latterly the “fudge” – or late news secor, on the back page – was also printed in red.

Main heading in 72pt Franklin Gothic; other faces used were Century Modern and bold, with a sprinkling of various Tempo faces, Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed, and various oddments.

By this time nearly all the headings were Ludlow-set, whereas earlier a lot of Linotype faces had been used. I worked on the Ludlow section at that time and it was very busy!

Some Linotypes and Intertypes at Bradford & District Newspapers on January 7 1970: Not an easy place to photograph, being very cramped.

Front page of the Bingley & Shipley Guardian-Chronicle photographed on the stone at Bradford on January 7 1970 (for publication on the following day). Headings mostly in Ludlow Century Modern Bold.

Editor’s Highlights . . .

Printle: A Word Puzzle for Printers Try our word puzzle – there’s a new one every week.
German “new line” linecasters The story of the most advanced linecasters ever made, with illustrations of all models.
British Print Trade Union Cards – A unique collection of typographically exquisite membership cards from Dave Bowles.
Glossary of Printing Trade Terms – George Clark’s list sheds light on a whole new language!
The Whittaker Collection – Photographs of this definitive collection of linecasters stored at the UK’s Manchester Science Museum.
Banging Out – Fleet Street Remembered -Video documentary about the UK national newspaper industry.
Farewell etaoin shrdlu – A look at the production of the last hot metal New York Times.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 1970

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