In 2020 we tried to source some well printed personalised stationery wishing to avoid the high street digital printer.  One of the few people still producing letter press stationery had retired and was unsure what to do with his press and huge amount of type.  After a few chats by phone it was agreed we would take over the press. So with car and trailer. we headed off to visit Brian and his wife Clodagh in West Cork where their house & printing room overlooks a wild Atlantic.

In the print studio we marvelled at the many tall cases holding drawer upon drawer of lead type. As well as the type there were rows of letterpress inks , composing sticks, chases, quoins, tweezers, spacers, wood and metal blocks. These are the printers tools  and materials that he had accumulated and used over the past fifty years of printing. Brian was adamant that no money should change hands for the letterpress but a just charitable donation in lieu.