Setting off on Monday morning we had been commissioned by Janet Watson to move her Albion. We encountered a terrible accident on the M62 which left us stationary for over 2 hours. Subsequent hold-ups meant we arrived in the early evening instead of the afternoon and stripped and removed her press in a trice! We then were to install it the following morning but Janet decided to let us take the press back to the workshop for the repairs we found it needed. We then headed to the picturesque town of Lavenham in Suffolk to collect the late Yvonne Skargon's Albion press and deliver it to Sue Scullard in Kent. We also uplifted some furniture and installed the press in Sue's new studio at the bottom of her garden. The press went back together superbly and printed perfectly from the first pull. Her son Daniel described the press as "Awesome" and enjoyed being allowed to print on it. We then returned to London to strip a derelict press from the cellar of Conway Hall just near Holborn. After endless money in the meter we also were delighted to received a parking ticket from Camden Council for parking too long in the bay even though the ticket was valid! Working in Central London is almost impossible. Parking is restrictive and you have to constantly drop off your work to feed meters or elude the multitude of traffic wardens. Come on Boris, help us poor self-employed workers to get on with our day.!!!!
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