{"id":40,"date":"2020-05-30T17:50:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/?p=40"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:02:30","slug":"arber-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/arber-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Arber &#038; Co"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arber &amp; Co Printing Works was on Roman Road in Tower Hamlets for 117 years. The shop closed in 2014 and in its final years was run by Gary Arber, the grandson of the founder at that premises, Walter Francis Arber. The business was initially started by Gary\u2019s greatgrandfather<br>Charles in nearby Tredegar Road, as he made paper bags and wanted to incorporate printing<br>onto them. Along with the printing the shop also sold toys, and is also thought to have printed posters and leaflets for the Suffragettes. Arber &amp; Co printed using letterpress and even in the later days printed for local businesses including shops and taxi firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Arber in his workshop\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-in-the-compositors-room-formerly-the-family-parlour-s-_by-Amy-Freeborn-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gary Arber in the compositors&#8217; room of his shop, formerly the family parlour. 2014 \u00a9 Amy Freeborn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gary-Arber.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View of Arber &amp; Co shopfront\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lightboxeslettering.com\/exhibition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Arbers-exterior-1_by-Amy-Freeborn-s-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gary Arber\u2019s shop on Roman Road, which closed in 2014 \u00a9 Amy Freeborn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arber &amp; Co Printing Works was on Roman Road in Tower Hamlets for 117 years. The shop closed in 2014 and in its final years was run by Gary Arber, the grandson of the founder at that premises, Walter Francis Arber. 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