Comments on: https://spitalfieldslife.com In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Bonnie Williams Speeg https://spitalfieldslife.com/?page_id=51785/#comment-36820 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:40:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/#comment-36820 My husband was a photo-lithographer beginning in 1970. We lived in Chicago. We used a letterpress at home to print our first poetry and drawings publication.
Our family pretty much grew around printing. I remember the last lino-type printer being disassembled in the company in Chicago and I could have cried.
The last day of the printing company in Chicago in business we were able to salvage lots of wooden type and trays. I was glad for that.

However, to see these beautiful photos of Justin and that letterpress and the wonderful tools and lush wood ‘press room’, is a heart and mind-warming sight I haven’t seen in 30 years! The photos are exquisite, and the preservation of this craft by one Mr. Justin Knopp is applauded over in here in the U.S.
Much Thanks.

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