Many thanks to Mike Wilson for sending in this picture of a poster that he bought in 1976.
It seems to have been very well produced and Mike tells me it is in excellent condition.
William Caxton Quincentenary
Category: Location
Bad Handwriting!
Many thanks to Mike Wilson, from Yorkshire in the UK, for sending in this story.
Says Mike:
1954 Compositors Handbook
Many Thanks to Mike Wilson, from Yorkshire in the UK, for sending in this story.
This 104-page booklet was full of tables and facts for the printing trade.
Chapel Rules
Many thanks to Mike Wilson, from Yorkshire in the UK, for sending in this story.
Says Mike:
In Memoriam
Many Thanks to Mike Wilson, from Yorkshire in the UK, for sending in this story.
Says Mike: “One day, late in my career, I was production manager at Driffield Times. I now realise that I was not a very able manager, much preferring to be a keyboard operator.
Booing Advised
Many thanks to Mike Wilson, from Yorkshire in the UK, for sending in this story.
Says Mike: “After I had officially retired, I occasionally typeset material for local printers as I had a Macintosh computer at home.
Banging Out – Fleet Street Remembered
A superb documentary with interviews from ex Fleet Street workers, produced by digital:works.
The interviewees give a real insight into what it was like to work in the UK national newspaper industry in those days.
Farewell etaoin shrdlu
The date is Sunday, July 2, 1978, the last time that the New York Times was printed using hot metal.
David Loeb Weiss, then a proofreader and Carl Schlesinger a Linotype operator filmed and narrated this film to record the occasion.
Brighton Argus (UK) 1990 – video
Don’t miss Brighton Argus 1973
We start with a look at the county of Sussex, which the newspaper serves.
Brighton Argus (UK) 1973 – video
Don’t miss Brighton Argus 1990
The film starts with a look at Brighton sea front and other towns in the Brighton Argus circulation area, accompanied by the obligatory cheesy music recorded on a very stretchy tape.