Title
Linotype Printer Operator's Collection of Records Relating to his Employment
Reference
YA2003.15
Production date
01-01-1962 - 31-12-1987
Creator
- The Daily MailBiographyBiography
The Daily Mail is a British national newspaper, first published as a broadsheet in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth, later made 1st Viscount Northcliffe. The newspaper was formed as the result of a merger between the Hull Packet and The Hull Evening News. Harmsworth and his brother Harold edited and managed the paper. From 1900 the paper was printed simultaneously in London and Manchester. By 1902 circulation had reached over one million, placing amongst the top-selling newspapers of the day.
The Daily Mail has been published by the Daily Mail and General Trust since 1922, when the trust was created to oversee the Harmsworth family's media interests. In 1929 Esmond Harmsworth, son of Harold, took over the Chairmanship, alongside the 2nd Lord Rothermere. Under their aegis the trust was floated on the stock exchange in 1932.
In the 1930s the paper supported fascism, with favourable reporting on Mussolini, Hitler and Oswald Moseley's Blackshirts - The British Union of Fascists.
The postwar years saw the launch of a Scottish edition of the Mail, in 1946. Initially printed in Edinburgh, then Manchester, the paper was moved to Glasgow in 1995.
The Mail went from broadsheet to tabloid format in 1971. In the same year it took over The Daily Sketch.
The 3rd Lord Rothermere, Vere Harmsworth, became Chair of the Daily Mail and General Trust in 1978. He was succeeded by his son Jonathan Harmsworth in 1998. This period saw the launch of a sister paper, The Mail on Sunday, in 1982. The Mail stopped being printed in Manchester in 1987.
Today the Mail is Britain's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its headquarters are currently at 2 Northcliffe House, London. Its online presence, MailOnline, reaches a global audience. Recent editors include Paul Dacre, and Geordie Greig, who succeeded him in 2018.
Scope and Content
33 items, comprising photographs, postcards, photocopies of publications, employment documents of W M Dale, copies of the Daily Mail and other newspapers, relating to the Linotype 78 hot-metal linecasting machine, made by Linotype and Machinery Ltd, Altrincham, in the early 1960s and used by Malcolm Dale at the Daily Mail newspaper offices, Hardman Street, Manchester, 1962 -1987.
Extent
0.5 linear metres
Language
English
Archival history
Documents associated with the Linotype Machine (collection ref. Y2003.15) purchased by the Science and Industry Museum from William Malcolm Dale. Dale had operated the Linotype 78 Linecasting Machine in his work for the Daily Mail at its Hardman Street site in Manchester.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Dale, William MalcolmBiographyBiography
William Malcolm Dale, sometimes known as Malcolm Dale, was a Linotype operator, working for the Daily Mail at its Hardman street, Manchester, site. He is known to have used the Linotype 78 hot-metal linecasting machine, made by Linotype & Machinery Ltd, Altrincham, c.1962 now owned by the Science and Industry Museum (collection ref. Y2003.15).
- The Daily MailBiographyBiography
The Daily Mail is a British national newspaper, first published as a broadsheet in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth, later made 1st Viscount Northcliffe. The newspaper was formed as the result of a merger between the Hull Packet and The Hull Evening News. Harmsworth and his brother Harold edited and managed the paper. From 1900 the paper was printed simultaneously in London and Manchester. By 1902 circulation had reached over one million, placing amongst the top-selling newspapers of the day.
The Daily Mail has been published by the Daily Mail and General Trust since 1922, when the trust was created to oversee the Harmsworth family's media interests. In 1929 Esmond Harmsworth, son of Harold, took over the Chairmanship, alongside the 2nd Lord Rothermere. Under their aegis the trust was floated on the stock exchange in 1932.
In the 1930s the paper supported fascism, with favourable reporting on Mussolini, Hitler and Oswald Moseley's Blackshirts - The British Union of Fascists.
The postwar years saw the launch of a Scottish edition of the Mail, in 1946. Initially printed in Edinburgh, then Manchester, the paper was moved to Glasgow in 1995.
The Mail went from broadsheet to tabloid format in 1971. In the same year it took over The Daily Sketch.
The 3rd Lord Rothermere, Vere Harmsworth, became Chair of the Daily Mail and General Trust in 1978. He was succeeded by his son Jonathan Harmsworth in 1998. This period saw the launch of a sister paper, The Mail on Sunday, in 1982. The Mail stopped being printed in Manchester in 1987.
Today the Mail is Britain's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its headquarters are currently at 2 Northcliffe House, London. Its online presence, MailOnline, reaches a global audience. Recent editors include Paul Dacre, and Geordie Greig, who succeeded him in 2018.
- Linotype and Machinery LimitedBiographyBiography
Linotype and Machinery Limited was formed as the result of a merger between the Linotype Company Limited, originally registered as a company in 1889, and the Machinery Trust Limited, registered in 1893.
The Linotype Company Limited initially imported American built machines from the Merganthaler Linotype Company. However, as demand grew it looked to producing the parts and making the machines in England initially at a converted mill on Hulme Street, Manchester from 1889 onwards.
The Machinery Trust Limited acted as agents either selling or leasing the composing machines to printers. The success of the companies continued and in order to meet the demand for the machines the two companies merged on the 11th August 1903. They also clarified their position with the American owners of the original patents as to which countries they could sell their machines. The new company occupied the premises of the Linotype Company in Broadheath, Altrincham.
By the time of the outbreak of the First World War, it was estimated that there were 30,000 linotype machines in operation across the world. Linotype and Machinery Company Limited had established branch offices in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Borneo, as well as having a head office in London, and sales offices in Cheltenham.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
External document
Finding aids
Box list available.
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