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Retired compositors demonstrating the linotype machine
Monthly Live Demo
Experience the Museum come to life as a volunteer panel of retired printers and compositors demonstrate our collection in action.
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Dates

Last Thursday of the month, 12:00
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Duration

approx. 1 hour

Monthly Live Demo

Experience the Museum come to life as a volunteer panel of retired printers and compositors demonstrate our collection in action. From the Linotype composing machine to the Wharfdale printing press to the Shaw Pen Ruling machine, witness the incredibly complex technologies that were used for centuries before our modern digital printers.

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Black and White Image of Man working printing Press

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