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The Miniature Paper Machines of T. J. Marshall & Co – Tom Rodencal
The author has spent years tracking down information on the miniature paper machines manufactured by this great old English company. This article gives the most comprehensive description to date of what they made, and includes details of three surviving machines.
15 pages, 29 figures
Wiggins Teape Training Programme – Catherine Wright
Wiggins Teape, in line with many of their competitors, placed high stall in training their sales employees. This article details the technical training regime in place post WWII, which puts modern training to shame.
1 page
William Hannan (1720–1772), The High Street in High Wycombe, 1772 – Peter Bower
An account of a watercolour of High Wycombe High Street, 1772, which details some of the local characters and businesses shown. Also included is an overview of other contemporary pictures detailing views of the town, which was famous as a centre of paper manufacturing.
7 pages, 10 figures
Wiggins Teape Instrument Collection: Part 1 – Sizing, Strength and Surface Equipment – Daven Chamberlain
The author had amassed a large collection of paper test equipment over a 20 years period whilst working in the paper industry. This collection has now been donated to the Paper Foundation, set up by Mark Cropper. This article details some of the holding bequeathed to the Foundation; two others will follow.
5 pages, 3 figures
List of Paper Trade Associations – Anon
A list of the trade associations extant at the end of the nineteenth century in the UK and across Europe.
1 page
PITA Centenary Part 1: Birth of the Technical Association – Daven Chamberlain
2020 marks the Paper Industry Technical Association’s centenary. This article marks the first in a short series, and details how PITA came into being in 1920.
2 pages
Bowater Thames Mill, Northfleet – John Clayton
The author worked at Bowaters from 1962-1969. This short article gives an account of the mill at this time, along with contemporary papermaking practices.
2 pages
Pearson & Son, Manufacturing Stationers – Peter Bower
Two images of an alley in Bishopgate, London, where a manufacturing stationer had a shop in the Victorian era.
1 pages, 2 figures
Ongoing research into the wove paper in Baskerville’s Virgil (1757) – Cathleen A. Baker
A short account of work the author is pursuing on the invention and development of wove paper, including a request for information concerning Baskerville’s Virgil, published 1757.
0.5 pages
Developments in Paper Manufacture – Colin Harris
An article details the following major developments in the paper industry: the Hollander; the Paper Machine; Steam Power; New Fibres (to replace rags); ending with a short account of trouble at mills and machine breaking in the 1830s.
3 pages
Paper Industry Review of 2019 – Anon
Our annual round up of mills or paper machines that have closed on the international scene, along with news on UK mills past and present, reported during 2019.
2 pages, 2 tables
A Drawing of Lewes Paper Mill from Horsfield, Sussex, by an Unknown Artist, Probably from the 1830s – Peter Bower
A short illustrated item about Lewes paper mill, along with a potted account of the mill’s history.
1.5 pages, 1 figure
Where the Waste Paper Goes – Anon
A short item from WWII about recovery of paper and the grades in which it is reused.
0.5 page
Rag use in Pre-19th Century England – Anon
On overview of rag importation to England up to 1832, from a contemporary publication.
1 page
Alexander Pirie in Heaven – J.K.
A humorous poem to the founder of Stoneywood Mill in Aberdeen, from the Wiggins Teape house journal, reproduced here to celebrate the mill’s 250th anniversary.
1 page, 1 figure
Book Reviews – Peter Bower & Michael Stanyon
Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age – Victoria Sancho Lobis
An account of drawings and the papers used by Dutch artists in the ‘Golden Age’.
Le Papier Voyageur. Provenance, Circulation et Utilisation en Nouvelle-France au XVII Siecle – Celine Gendron
An account of papers imported into Canada during the 17th Century by French settlers.
Stationery Ode – Anon
A short, humorous ode to stationers and paper makers, from the Wiggins Teape house journal of 1936.
0.5 page
