Comments on: Richard Clay, book printers, c1960

By: Ron Giles

Ron Giles — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 17:53:20 +0000

Yes they were the UK premier book printers. Publishers like the Folio Society were regular customers. They even survived people like me working for them from 1965 to 1975! They were good times and I look back on them with great pleasure
Ron Giles

By: Kevin Warley

Kevin Warley — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:41:04 +0000

Clays were the last printing company to be sold off by St Ives plc. I worked for St Ives Plymouth for 18 years and Clays were always held up as the premier book Printers in the UK.

By: Ron Giles

Ron Giles — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:35:42 +0000

I worked there in the machine room from 1965 to 1975. I wish I’d taken more pictures at the time. Little did I think that my trade would become a museum exhibit in a few years.
Ron Giles