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Memories in Pictures - 2
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The composing room in 1902, when the metal type was all put together by hand.
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Linotype machines in 1920 used gas to melt the metal in the pots and for heating the spouts from which the metal was poured when the lines of type were being formed. The
vertical flue pipes drew off fumes from the molten metal.
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Knapp Drewett wazeygoose to Brighton Zoo in the late 1940s.
Picture supplied by Alan Price |
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Children’s party given at ICDS Social Club in 1965. Santa is Bill Simmonds, a pressman in the composing room.
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Kath Brown and Mary Lambert of Knapp Drewett in 1967.
Picture supplied by Irene Belcher |
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The local MP visits the Comet in 1972. Left to right: Dave Swan (compositor), Peter Chessun (Newsroom overseer), the MP, and Tony Thomas (Editor).
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The Bishop of Kingston’s visit to the Surrey Comet in
October 1973. Picture supplied by Peter Chessun. |
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The current Comet editorial staff, pictured just before moving offices last month.
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