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GreatBigStory.com: The Saguache Crescent

From greatbigstory.com – “The Saguache Cres­cent” news­pa­per in Saguache, Colo., has been print­ing its news the same way since the 1800s. Lay the let­ters. Ink. Press. Pub­lish­er Dean Coombs’ fam­ily has had the busi­ness for three gen­er­a­tions, and has helped print out the weekly broad­sheet on a lino­type since he was 12 years old. See…

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Yorkshire Film Archive: Printers' Ink

A won­der­ful film from the York­shire Film Archive of the Tod­m­orden News.  While much is devoted to the news gath­er­ing pro­cess, there’s a linecaster of some sort and a Coss­ar Press to do the hard work of printing.

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The Wipers Times

The BBC will broad­cast a pro­gramme detail­ing the Wipers Times, a trench magazine made by sol­diers at Ypres in World War I.  I under­stand Tim Hon­nor’s Arab will have star billing!