Yesterday’s Technology . . . Today!
Many thanks to Graeme How for sending in images of this 1982 calendar, drawn by Tony Hall. Says Graeme: “A friend of mine was in London at the time of this calendar which belongs to her. She tells she was a barmaid and knew some of the ‘linotype boys’ who worked on Fleet Street newspapers.”
Thanks to John S Smith, a retired Linotype operator, for sending in these pictures taken at the Daily Telegraph just before the demise of hot metal.
Or in John’s own words: “These photos were taken just before the demise of the best club in the world, Fleet Street.”
Thanks to Don Mountain for sending in this material that documents the completion and delivery of the 200,000th Heidelberg press in 1968/69.
This article was published in “Seclarion” the newsletter of Seligson & Clare (Aust) Pty Ltd, the Australian Agents for Heidelberg at that time.
Thanks to Thomas Gravemaker for sending in these photographs that he took on a visit to the Stempel Type Foundry, Darmstadt, Germany.
Thomas said: “The photographs were taken on my visit to the Stempel Foundry in Darmstadt, Germany. They’re housed in the Haus fur Industriekultur, where they have a fantastic working museum, presses, type, A complete range of Linotypes (from the earliest ones to the latest versions) and some Monotype material as well.
Many thanks to Flickr user Robert Clerebaut for allowing these photographs of his father’s print shop in Brussels, Belgium, to be used on Metal Type
Robert said: “My father started as a typesetter in 1928. He opened his print shop in Brussels in 1937. I studied at the School Amsterdamse Grafische (1956-1960) and worked in the family print shop in Brussels. In addition, I gave over 13 years at the National School of Visual Arts of La Cambre (1993-2005). Since 1980 member of the Rencontres Internationales de Lure, and I met Francois Boltana.
David Evans recently got in touch with me. You may remember he was featured on Metal Type way back in 2002.
His business in Halifax ran six Intertypes producing personalised gifts. To cut a long story short, David’s business has now been taken over and has moved to Mytholmroyd, 4 miles up the road.
Many thanks to Flickr user Gridula for allowing these photographs that he took at the John Jarrold Printing Museum, in Norwich, Norfolk, UK to be used on Metal Type.
Says Gridula: “An absolutely stunning example of a smaller Soldan Lightning Proof Press. I didn’t even know this was in the museum so when I walked round the corner and saw this I nearly fell over.
I recently paid a visit to the Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life, where they have recreated what they thought a small rural printing office would have looked like in the late 19th Century.
I found the imprint on this one quite interesting. It says: “Printed at the office of R Bonk, Paper-hanger, Market Place, Pickering.”
I recently paid a visit to the Bradford Industrial Museum in Yorkshire, here in the UK.
If anyone is planning a trip there, I recommend that you go on a Wednesday when museum volunteers Jimmy Young, Donald Stott and Michael Booth are on hand to demonstrate the equipment and answer any questions you may have.
Many thanks to Dave Gladwell for sending in these pics, which commemorate Norwich and District Graphical Society amalgamating with the National Graphical Association.
Says Dave: “When I was the Branch Secretary of the Norwich & District NGA Branch we used to have an NGA Branch magazine as the page explains.
In it one month of 1989 we included the subs record kept by Arthur Steele when this member wrote in.