Letterpress workshop with Hooksmith Press
We invited members of the Hackney Circle over 60s network to take part in a letter press workshop with Russell Frost of Hooksmith Press, Leytonstone. Thanks to Russell for bringing in his beautiful presses and wooden type and ornaments.
Exhibition at Space Studios, Hackney
Our work in progress exhibition 'More Follows' includes research collected so far, including images, maps, printed matter and extracts from our oral history interviews. The exhibition runs until 19th December, Monday - Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 1pm - 5pm, at SPACE,
Exhibition opening
It was great to see so many people at SPACE for the opening of our work in progress exhibition!
Exhibition installation
We had some great help from volunteers Paul and Sophie who worked hard all day installing the exhibition.
The Malvern Press
We're really grateful to father and son Les and Peter Wynn, who ran The Malvern Press, for allowing us access to their fabulous collection of photographs and samples from over 50 years in the print industry. The Malvern Press were
London College of Communication
We've been investigating apprenticeships and the history of printing at the LCC archives with the help of their wonderful librarians and archivists. The material they hold really shows how much the industry has changed; none of the apprenticeships they ran
London Metropolitan Archives
We had a wonderful workshop afternoon at London Metropolitan Archives, including a tour of the building, which was formerly Temple Press printers, by Senior Archivist Sally Bevan. Some of the volunteers already have ideas for areas they want to look
St Brides Library
We had our first meeting and workshop with some of our volunteers, at St Bride's Library in London. St Bride's is an amazing archive of print, design and typography, and the printing trade directories were our first point of call
