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Roy Brachet, a Linotype operator on the paper for 25 years, took these pictures on the day of the last hot metal edition of the London Evening Standard.<\/p>\n

\"Frank<\/a>
Frank Matthews, main display ad setter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Evening<\/a>
Peter Knight, Peter Merchant and Frank Matthews again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New<\/a>
Says Roy: “what the rest of us who stayed post-hot metal got lumbered with: Notice the Lino keyboards specially made for us dumb-clucks who had never typed on a querty one.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The last hot metal headlines, typical of the period (1980)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bagpipes\"<\/a>
About that bagpiper: Eric Neller, one of our younger operators. I think he was booted out of the Dagenham Girl Pipers and was glad of this gig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Journalists<\/a>
Journalists at the stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Last-minute<\/a>
Last-minute corrections – “I’m sure there’s a journalist touching the type on this pic, it was always very much frowned upon.” – D.H.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Off
Off the stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Final
Final pages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sending<\/a>
Sending it off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Decorated<\/a>
Decorated comp room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gathering<\/a>
Gathering under the clock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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