tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857974145888177431.post1204588723082252051..comments2024-03-19T08:44:37.766+00:00Comments on mancunian wave: Typographical Society of ManchesterChrissy Brandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452491942706660652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857974145888177431.post-47447667699931784902018-12-19T21:02:35.103+00:002018-12-19T21:02:35.103+00:00I remember attending Caxton Hall from 1953 to 195...I remember attending Caxton Hall from 1953 to 1959 when I was an apprentice letterpress printer at Messrs A & S. Walker King Street Manchester. Fred Simmons was the area Secretary and was instrumental in forming a Apprentices committee to encourage other apprentices to join. We also assisted in cloakroom duties at the annual dinner of the pensioners of the Typographical Association. I can remember the local comedian Jackie Carlton cracking near-the-knuckle jokes to the delight of the "owd uns"!<br /><br />The closeness of the dreaded non-union shop of D.C. Thompson (Beano and Dandy comic publishers) - just across the road from Caxton House - was always a source of conversation but gradually we accepted the fact that the printers and compositors wouldn't join us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608790723437935960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857974145888177431.post-91375132663973958242015-07-27T21:20:09.698+01:002015-07-27T21:20:09.698+01:00One almost expects Aslan to start speaking.One almost expects Aslan to start speaking.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857974145888177431.post-49069114807245293882015-07-26T14:41:12.126+01:002015-07-26T14:41:12.126+01:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Luis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727861757424018617noreply@blogger.com