1 PRINT IN THANET - COVER & BACK COVER & TEXT - FLIPBOOK v26 ZZZ - FAW - Flipbook - Page 59
Print rooms and
workshops
‘YOUR VOICE’
During COVID-19 for many
people their homes became their
workspaces. Can you sketch or create
a map or take images of your work
area? How does this space differ from
where you usually work? You might like
to keep your map to look back at later
to remind you of how you adapted
to continue to work during
these unusual
times.
THE decision of The Thanet Press to invest in a new building to house
their print rooms and workshops shows the importance that was given to
the process and the amount of space required for the machinery and the
printers. The printers also invested their energy, skills and expertise in these
rooms. The hand drawings made by one of the print workers [73.— 76.]
were collected as part of the oral histories. The memories of this working
environment were formed by familiarity and are still detailed despite a
number of years since the business closed. The drawings show how the
