Property Manager/Compositor Robert Smail's Printing Works
Robert Smail's Printing Works is a Victorian print works in the Scottish Borders. Established in the town of Innerleithen in 1866, it is still producing work today. It is now in the care of the
National Trust for Scotland.
Ms. Harrison has worked at Smail's for 10 years. Her passion for letterpress was sparked whilst doing a Graphic Design
Degree and she is now working in one of the last remaining
operational letterpress printers in Scotland.
Printing For Everyday Life is a contribution by her in Volume 3 of History of the Book in Scotland
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The meeting will, as usual, be held in the Auditorium of the Eastgate Theatre and will be followed by a 'social get-together in the Studio downstairs. This will give members and friends a chance to meet the speaker and to chat over a glass of wine.