Firstly I think the big van is sorted, electrical nightmares, going to be pricey I guess. Spent a few days on the South Coast, picked up a few bits and pieces. The pictures attached are from Amberley Chalk Pits Museum. We gave them the last Linotype ever made from my late Fathers museum. We were in the process of stripping it when the floods arrived. We had to flee and leave the machine there. It stood under 5 feet of water for 2 days, all the parts on pallets as well. 6 months later and Dave, John, Terry et al at Amberley have rebuilt it. Many man hours have gone into meticulously cleaning and refurbishing. What a task. They hope to have it working for their 30th Anniversary next month. Spent a few days in Brighton with old friends and then returned via Windsor to collect some cases of type from the late Tony Ray's collection. I then delivered them up to Ben Brundell, of BritishLetterpress fame. Ben has built a new print workshop and we are hopefully going to help him move his equipment shortly.
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