Photographs by Enid Sheldon from the 1980's

Uploaded 24/05/2008
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Printing

at William Walker and Sons Otley.

Photographs by kind permission of the management of William Walker and Sons Otley. 1989.
The rotary press was from Northern Press Engineering Company Ltd, South Shields installed in 1930.
The press shown printed the Wharfedale until early 1988.
This includes only a  few of the machines which printed a variety of newsprint, magazines and story, magic painting and other books for children.

Photograph of the Wharfedale Printing Press

Articles about the Wharfedale Printing Press

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The Cricket Annual set up ready for printing

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The cast metal type to be fitted to a rotating drum

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... and afterwards melted down for re-use.

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The last Wharfedale to be printed on the big rotary machine.

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Wooden type

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Metal type

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Old Moore's Almanac 1989

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A Crabtree Machine

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French chalk dried the ink on this German machine.

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The telephone switch board in use until early 1988

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A linotype machine

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The ruling machine

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A Bremner machine