{"id":1002,"date":"2017-08-21T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=1002"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:17:19","slug":"british-print-trade-union-cards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/british-print-trade-union-cards-1924-1945\/british-print-trade-union-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"British Print Trade Union Cards 1946-1993"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the late Dave Bowles&#8217; collection of London Fleet Street compositors items comes this great collection of trade union membership cards from 1946 right through to the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>We have another page of union membership cards, covering the period 1924-1945 here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/british-print-trade-union-cards-1924-1945\/\">British Print Trade Union Cards 1924-1945.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This page was updated in 2023 with additional cards from the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A unique collection documenting the changing typographical styles through the years.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed that some of the early 1980s ones were looking a little dog-eared, perhaps reflecting the number of meetings, or pickets, Dave was attending during this period when his union was battling for survival.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favourite? Mine&#8217;s 1950. Let me know yours in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1946.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1946\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1947.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1947\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1948.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1948.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1948\" width=\"800\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1949.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1949\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1950.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1950.jpg\" alt=\"London society of Compositors 1950\" width=\"800\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1951.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1951\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1952.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1952.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1952\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1953jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1953 membership card\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1954.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1954\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1955.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1955\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1956.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1956\" width=\"800\" height=\"627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1957.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1957\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1958jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1958 membership card\" width=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1959.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1959\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1960.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1960\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1961.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1961\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1962.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1962.jpg\" alt=\"London Typographical Society 1962\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1963jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1963 membership card\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1964jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1964 membership card\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1965jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1965 membership card\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1966jd.jpg\" alt=\"London Society of Compositors 1966 membership card\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/1898-indentures\/\">Joseph Henry Davis<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1968.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1968.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1968\" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1969.jpg\" alt=\"National graphical Association 1969\" width=\"800\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1971.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1971.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1971\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1972.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1972\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1973.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1973.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1973\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1976.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1976\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1978.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1978\" width=\"800\" height=\"624\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1979.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1979\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1981.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1981\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1983.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1983\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1984.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1984\" width=\"688\" height=\"1055\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1985.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1985\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1986.jpg\" alt=\"National graphical Association 1986\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1987.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1987.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1987\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks to Keith Thomas for sending in this one that was missing from Dave&#8217;s collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1988.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1988\" width=\"708\" height=\"1172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1989f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1989f.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1989\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">1989 Front. A plastic bank card experiment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1989b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1989b.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1989\" width=\"800\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">1989 Back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1990.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1990.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1990\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1991.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1991.jpg\" alt=\"National graphical Association 1991\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1992.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1992\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/1993.jpg\" alt=\"National Graphical Association 1993\" width=\"648\" height=\"988\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/card_back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/card_back.jpg\" alt=\"A card back\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A card back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/card_back2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/cards\/card_back2.jpg\" alt=\"Political Section\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rubber stamp on the back of a card indicating membership of the union&#8217;s Political Section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you may have noticed, some years are missing. If you have any missing years, please get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>So, which was your favourite? Mine was 1950, let me know yours in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the late Dave Bowles&#8217; collection of London Fleet Street compositors items comes this great collection of trade union membership cards from 1946 right through to the 1990s. We have another page of union membership cards, covering the period 1924-1945 here:\u00a0British Print Trade Union Cards 1924-1945. 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