File:Minute Book of the George Waterston Letterpress Chapel, 1913 - 1956 (4271999866).jpg
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Blue leather ledger containing the minutes of the George Waterston Letterpress Machine Chapel Minutes 1913 - 1956. Accession Number: SH.2009.402 The chapel is a work based print union. The use of chapel is thought to derive from the proximity of Caxton’s printing press to Westminster Abbey or through the close association of the early industry with the church and theological writings. The General rules of the National union of printing, bookbinding and paper workers 1964 state that 'At every firm where two or more members of the union are employed they shall form a chapel and appoint one of their number to act as father or clerk of the chapel. Any member working in a firm without a chapel is requested to communicate with the branch secretary'. The chapel would take responsibilty for the day to day management of union members. The chapel would be presided over by either a mother or father of the chapel. The MOC or FOC would be responsible for negotiation with printing house management. The chapel would also be tasked with collecting union dues. George Waterston and Sons, Ltd., Edinburgh, were specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The Company was established in 1752 and sold wax torches. In 1753 began to produce sealing wax and wafers, and later in the century the firm began the production of ink. In 1828, the family opened a retail stationery shop. Trading from 1786 to 1831 as Ferrier and Waterston. The firm became George Waterston and Son from 1831. The company entered into specialist printing in 1864 with the securing of a contract to print banknotes, which they continued to do until 1970.A London office was opened in 1876, and the firm opened new manufacturing premises in Warriston Road, Edinburgh, in 1902, where they remained until 2003 when the Company moved to Newbridge. In 2004 the company went into liquidation, though the wax producing division of the company continued to operate for a limited time at Peffermill Industrial Estate Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org |
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