{"id":335,"date":"2020-05-30T18:06:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T18:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/?p=335"},"modified":"2020-06-11T14:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:41:03","slug":"the-malvern-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/the-malvern-press\/","title":{"rendered":"The Malvern Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Established in Dalston Lane in 1953 by Les Wynn, whose son Peter joined the firm in 1962, The Malvern Press remained in Hackney until the company moved to Harlow in 2003. They started out using letterpress with Platens and a Glockner machine, a stop-cylinder press. Later on, they moved into offset lithography, and then specialised in foil blocking and holography, which was used for book covers and ID cards, among many other uses.
Having learned practical printing skills on the job, Peter went to London College of Printing (now London College of Communication) on a day-release course for order clerks. Later he returned for another course in platemaking, when it still involved pre-sensitised plates. Malvern\u2019s clients included Philips Electrical, Burmah Castrol, the West Indian Gazette, the River Thames Watermen & Lightermen\u2019s Union, Hackney Council and the pre-war Iraqi government. They also worked on first-day covers and prestigious short-run work for Lord Mayors\u2019 dinners at Guildhall. The Malvern Press closed in 2014 having moved to Harlow in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Les Wynn with his grandson, The Malvern Press, Dalston, 1977\tCourtesy of Les and Peter Wynn, The Malvern Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n