The story of The Thanet Press starts not in Union Crescent, but at 4 Queen Street, the home of Margate stationery store Robinson & Co. A door away from Robinson's was a drapery business, Smeed's - on the corner of High Street and Queen Street. The business had been established in 1869. In 1887 Frederick … Continue reading The History Of Printing in Union Crescent, Margate: Part 1
Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
Partition of India 1947 was the year of the Partition of India: the Indian Independence Act resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj in India. The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 14/15 August 1947. This is the focus of my work for Paper Trail. … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
“Silent but for the pointless yearnings of migrant birds” Read it one way and this is the tale of the quiet skies over Europe in April 2010 when ash from Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano, caused planes to be grounded and people to stay where they were. But brush the nap the other way … … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
Bad Photo Copy First seen by the public in a televised demonstration in late 1959, the world’s first automatic, plain-paper copier - the 914 - did not become commercially available until the following year, 1960. Manufactured and sold by the Haloid Xerox Corporation using the xerographic process - a dry photocopying technique developed by the inventor Chester Carlson … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
Paper Trail: 1965 by Anne Amosford
The Hangman’s Noose On 9th November 1965 a Private Member’s Bill to suspend the death penalty for murder was introduced. The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspended capital punishment in the case of people convicted of murder in favour of a mandatory life imprisonment. In Great Britain it was made permanent in 1969. … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1965 by Anne Amosford
Paper Trail: 1956 by Dawn Cole
Papaver SomniferumOn 1st January 1956 it was made illegal to be in possession of heroin in the UK. This fact has taken me back to research I have been doing about the Poppy and it's associations with war and conflict. From the Opium wars in the 1800's, it's use to treat soldiers in the First … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1956 by Dawn Cole
Paper Trail: 1957 by Jemma Gunning
Cwm Coke Works In 2018 I was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship to support a fellowship at the City and Guilds of London Art School. Part of the fellowship application was to include a project proposal. My practice focuses on recording derelict buildings which contain historic and social significance that are in danger of being … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1957 by Jemma Gunning
