The Printing Industry in Leeds

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 4:30 pm

Try again! ..............Nope, I give up!!!!!Why is so difficult to post images here, ive got the instructions open in the window next to me but no luck, it says 1024kb max size, so how do I adjust them, SL must be missing out on so many good images been posted on here?

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 4:56 pm

My dad was a printer's compositor. He served his apprenticeship on the Leicester Mercury newspaper. Called up in 1940, he was posted to Bradford, and billeted out to Farsley, where he met and married my mother. After the war we went to Leicester, but moved to Calverley in 1953. He worked at the Yorkshire Post, and at a firm called Knight & Forster on Water Lane, quite close to Pettys. ISTR this firm surviving until quite recently - does anyone know if it still exists (OK, I should have looked on the net; I will when I've posted this).By coincidence, I had a girlfriend in Calverley whose father was in charge of the Reading Room at Pettys. His surname was Dean, and was referred to at work as The Dean of Reading. By an even greater coincidence, both he and my dad finished up working at Watmoughs, a large printer in Bradford, later taken over by Polestar and closed down. The whole of the site is now covered by housing.

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 4:57 pm

last go, ive resized.......

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 5:04 pm

Looked for Knight & Forster on the web. There's a 2009 picture showing the building as derelict, and Google doesn't chuck up anything else, so looks like the firm is now defunct - like so many printers.

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 7:16 pm

last go

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 7:27 pm

gbdlufc wrote: last go I cannot download photos if I use my AOL but I can if I use Internet Explorer (IE). From what I gather the SL site seems only to take IE for photos, as using such as Firefox will not work. That may help you. I hope you manage to download photos.

gbdlufc · Post by **gbdlufc** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 7:49 pm

Cheers Leo, I have tried firefox, Safari and now I have downloaded IE for MAC so lets see........ ......all that happens is a 'web-dialogue' box comes up and says it's initizing, please wait but I got bored after 15minutes. Nevermin, I cant be a***d any more with this, I post on loads of forums and nowhere do I have this hassle!

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Fri 17 Dec, 2010 9:08 pm

Alf Cookes has been branded "The Printworks" and is being developed as offices by Rushbond." The company has so far declined to put a value on its proposed investment in the site or the extent to which the scheme is speculative. Its plans include proposals for a new public space in the development which will also feature art reflecting the site’s history." - locateinleeds