{"id":202,"date":"2017-06-07T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:48:06","slug":"men-and-machines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/men-and-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Men and Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/board,30.0.html><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"w3-button w3-padding-large w3-white w3-border\" style=\"background-color:#D62503;border:none;\n    border-radius:10px;\"><b>NEW: Withy Grove Forum \u00bb<\/b><\/button><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:-30px;\"><i>Make it Yours!<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pictures taken at the giant Manchester Withy Grove newspaper plant before it closed down in the 1980s. Sent in by Eric Saltmarsh.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/39.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/39.jpeg\" alt=\"Hilton Birtwistle\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilton Birtwistle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/40.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/40.jpeg\" alt=\"A Linotype metal pot\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Linotype metal pot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/41.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/41.jpeg\" alt=\"Eric Saltmarsh and David Tetlow\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Saltmarsh and David Tetlow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/42.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/42.jpeg\" alt=\"Intertype C4 keyboard with newspaper copy.\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intertype C4 keyboard with newspaper copy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/43.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/43.jpeg\" alt=\"Eddie Ashcroft and Colin Wray.\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Ashcroft and Colin Wray.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enjoyed the photos? There&#8217;s more from Withy Grove on Metal Type. More photos here:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/withy-grove-manchester\/\">Withy Grove<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>and this page has a lot more photos plus loads of comments and feedback from workers:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/withy-grove-manchester-2\/\">Withy Grove 2.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>NEW: Withy Grove Forum<\/h2>\n<p>There has been such a large response to these posts that I have decided to set up a special sub-board on the Metal Type forum. I hope people will find it useful.<br \/>\n<a href=https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/board,30.0.html><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"w3-button w3-padding-large w3-white w3-border\"><b>Withy Grove Forum \u00bb<\/b><\/button><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW: Withy Grove Forum \u00bb Make it Yours! Pictures taken at the giant Manchester Withy Grove newspaper plant before it closed down in the 1980s. Sent in by Eric Saltmarsh. Enjoyed the photos? There&#8217;s more from Withy Grove on Metal Type. 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