My dad was in SOGAT and one of the 6,000 sacked by Murdoch. I was 13 at the time and I went to Wapping every Wednesday and Saturday for the marches. My dad and the Peter Smith in this video were good friends. Peters wife was assaulted by the police at Wapping. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks.
Fabulous film took me right back to the days when I started in Fleet Street and even reporters had to work on the stone , know how to make up pages and understand the production process from beginning to end. I loved it!
👏👏👏 Great documentary ! Brought back some good and bad memories, the buzz, the cameraderie etc. I'm old enough to remember Eddie Shah's battle with the NGA in Warrington. I was in NatSOPA at the time working on a NW local paper. Also did a bit in Fleet Street. The way the new technology was brought in was BRUTAL. As for Murdoch - he was and still is a bleeping bleep. Loved the quote: "If he was on fire i'd dial 998 "!😂
Very interesting. My Dad worked at Fleet Street as a printer, sadly he died 20 years ago now. Does anyone know him? Ken Willis. Would love to hear some stories
I remember an episode of the Goons where either Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan described the bagpipes as an instrument nobody had ever managed to master playing. Horrible sound.
Scottish soldiers in their kilts scared the life out of the German army in WW1 , the ladies from Hell they called them on seeing them approaching with the bagpipes at full volume !!
This is a lost craft. Technology has replaced manual workstations. A skilled trade which no longer exists. Now everything is mostly done by machines aka computers and hence it has gradually transformed the role of the paper-based printing press per se. Hardly, anybody carries a newspaper or pamphlet in his or her hand these days? Now mobile apps operating in the digital/virtual space over the internet using smartphones and notepads, etc. have completely made the circulation, corner street newsstands and hawker businesses a lost trade.
My dad was in SOGAT and one of the 6,000 sacked by Murdoch. I was 13 at the time and I went to Wapping every Wednesday and Saturday for the marches. My dad and the Peter Smith in this video were good friends. Peters wife was assaulted by the police at Wapping. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks.
Hi, I’m Peter and Pat’s Smiths granddaughter and would love to get in contact with you!
Wonderful history. Well done. I worked in Fleet Street late 1980s and 1990s. It was a community that served the greater good, once upon a time.
Fabulous film took me right back to the days when I started in Fleet Street and even reporters had to work on the stone , know how to make up pages and understand the production process from beginning to end. I loved it!
Absolutely first class documentary, welldone to everyone who made such a fantastic video. Thanks also to everyone who told their stories.
👏👏👏 Great documentary ! Brought back some good and bad memories, the buzz, the cameraderie etc.
I'm old enough to remember Eddie Shah's battle with the NGA in Warrington.
I was in NatSOPA at the time working on a NW local paper. Also did a bit in Fleet Street.
The way the new technology was brought in was BRUTAL. As for Murdoch - he was and still is a bleeping bleep. Loved the quote: "If he was on fire i'd dial 998 "!😂
I loved working as a foot messenger in the summer of 74 for the NYT. Fleet Street on those warm days was glorious.
This was fantastic to listen to and drive.
I worked in Fleet Street i the sixties..
Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, absolutely brilliant.
In middle school I dropped an entire California Job case on the floor. Took a bit to put it all back together.
Imagine ''Banging Out'' someone these days! You'd be sued for bullying and ''Humiliation'' and they'd be able to retire on huge payout at 18!.
Those were the days!!!!
100% true. My family was there. They were murdered by it.
Great film, great historical documentary.
Enjoyed that!
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Very interesting. My Dad worked at Fleet Street as a printer, sadly he died 20 years ago now. Does anyone know him? Ken Willis. Would love to hear some stories
The traffic up in Fleet Street
Kept rolling by
Cast your mind back to the time
St Paul's and I and a secretary’s lunchtime
It's not just the horses that hate bagpipes. I'm Irish and I hate bagpipes as well!
I remember an episode of the Goons where either Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan described the bagpipes as an instrument nobody had ever managed to master playing. Horrible sound.
Scottish soldiers in their kilts scared the life out of the German army in WW1 , the ladies from Hell they called them on seeing them approaching with the bagpipes at full volume !!
This is a lost craft. Technology has replaced manual workstations.
A skilled trade which no longer exists. Now everything is mostly done by machines aka computers and hence it has gradually transformed the role of the paper-based printing press per se.
Hardly, anybody carries a newspaper or pamphlet in his or her hand these days?
Now mobile apps operating in the digital/virtual space over the internet using smartphones and notepads, etc. have completely made the circulation, corner street newsstands and hawker businesses a lost trade.
To serve and protect (the interests of the rich)
I would have loved to have done a job like that, but was born too late. Missed the mechanical world and forced into the internet age. Not so much fun.