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Compositors had a seven-year apprenticeship (From Bucks Free Press)
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Compositors had a seven-year apprenticeship
2:02pm Monday 14th July 2003
THE frames were all placed together to form a complete page.
Here compositor Frank Watson is adding the final lines of type to a page.
Considering the words had to be read upside down and back to front, you can appreciate why compositors had a seven-year apprenticeship.
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- Typesetters retyped articles to create lines of metal lettering
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- Paper moulds were used in the production process
Compositor Frank Watson adds the final lines of type to a page
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