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Linotype/the NGA/in Stockport

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Tony Gayle

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Date Posted: 12:25:00 02/13/02 Wed

Easter 1965 - left school. 'A job for life lad' - 'you're lucky to get in, it's usually a father to son business'. Started work as an apprentice with the ancient Stockport Advertiser Group on High Street. Had the usual tricks played on me - sent for a 'long stand' and a 'tin of Hampton grease'. Lots of quaint, characterful old chaps - some had been Desert Rats! Got my first go at a Lino about age 18 after years of setting headlines on a Mickey Mouse (broken down lino whereby the matrices were hand-set and inserted into the machine in a sort of metal comp. stick to be cast). There were some very old machines there, many with gas pots! Constant bickering between management and NGA. Dare I mention that the Father of the Chapel, a Lino operator got onto nightshift and into the Editor in Chief's personal documents in his unlocked office! No wonder we were always one step ahead of them. I went onto nightshift 1971 as an operator to learn that 2 hours setting a night was enough (out of a 10 hour shift) - to maintain members' staff levels! The rest of the time spent in the pub or asleep. Left about 1973 and went to Stockport Express for a couple of years. Much more modern facility - though constant bickering with management and NGA there also. Left the trade in 1975 to work as a professional pianist. Glad I got out before the Eddie Shah affair in Stockport. I donated my Linotype manual to Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. By the way, I must own up! I have always owned - and still own and use an ADANA! Guess you'll have to throw me out of the Union guys! (So delighted to find this website!)

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Those green adjustable chairs	Tony Gayle	22:34:21 02/01/03 Sat

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