SCOTLAND’S PRINTING HERITAGE
How Printing developed in Scotland’s Cities.
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Aberdeen and Northern Counties
The three earlier books in this series give accounts of the history of printing in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee and Perth. This fourth endeavours to cover a much wider area: the first part deals with the history of printing in Aberdeen while the second part attempts to encompass what we have called the Northern Counties.
During the latter part of this century, the printing scene in Scotland has changed dramatically. In the Scottish cities, including Aberdeen, the number of printing companies is much reduced, due almost entirely to the introduction and ready availability of new technology. This has enabled even medium-sized businesses to undertake their own printing requirements and, in addition, High Street ‘printers’ have emerged to compete with the remaining traditional commercial printing firms.
The picture throughout the Northern Counties is somewhat different. The main suppliers of print have always been the local newspaper firms and they continue today to cater for the needs of their communities. The second part of this booklet is therefore largely devoted to recording briefly the history of local newspapers in the north, many of whom have already celebrated their own hundredth anniversary.
Volume 1, published 1990
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