Another day, another school trip. This time I went with Callum's class to Louhans (in Bresse) to visit the Printing Museum. The tiny street entrance did not look promising, but inside this Aladdin's Cave we discovered the beating heart of the former local daily newspaper and we were rewarded with a busy day spent in the print workshop.
The workshop had it all : linotype machines, rotary presses, typewriters, sounds, looks and smells. Better still, the children were able to take part in the entire process of print. They had written a poem which they composited fastidiously by placing each individual letter in a frame. They watched as the machines' rollers were inked and then took turns to press, stamp and powder their results.
It was an excellent day out. And as far as I know, we even came back with the correct number of little fingers.
(For lovers of machinery and percussion everywhere)
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