tarboat's photos with the keyword: printing

The Hotspur Press building on Cambridge Street in Manchester started life as one of the Medlock cotton mills in the early 19th century before becoming a printing works in the later 19th century. It is best known for its time as the home of Percy Brothers' Hotspur Press. It is now in the hands of developers with all tenants evicted and the building rapidly decaying. There have been plenty of grand plans for apartments but nothing has come of these. It would not be a surprise if an unexplained fire occurred in order to allow new building to take place on the site.

The former Goole Times Printing Office, with printing works behind. The paper was originally founded in 1853 as monthly publication but by 1869 became weekly, then known as the Goole and Marshland Weekly Times. Ten years later it became The Goole Weekly Times.

The former Goole Times Printing Office, with printing works behind. The paper was originally founded in 1853 as monthly publication but by 1869 became weekly, then known as the Goole and Marshland Weekly Times. Ten years later it became The Goole Weekly Times.

The Linotype and Machinery Company opened a factory in Broadheath in 1897. At the height of its success, the firm employed more than 10,000 people to make typesetting machines for the national newspaper industry. Between 1897 and 1901 the Linotype Company built 185 houses for its employees and provided two football grounds, four tennis courts, two bowling greens, a cricket ground, a playground for children and allotments. The business collapsed when electronic typesetting took over. However, despite the trade's death, the company behind it never actually died. Mergenthaler Linotype Company lives on as one as a dispenser of fonts, sporting "one of the world's largest font libraries, offering more than 10,500 high-quality typefaces," according to its Linotype website.

The Hovis Mill in Macclesfield remains a significant feature of the town even now it has been converted to apartments. This view is taken from a small illustration at the bottom of a retirement address presented to a worker at the mill in 1943. It is somewhat idealised and I certainly don't think there was that much traffic on the canal by 1943!