Archives for March 2012

The progress of the Cos­sar Press Project has been cov­ered in the Dundee Couri­er twice in the last week, as it is dis­man­tled for trans­fer to storage.

If you have been in Crieff over the last week you might have seen parts of the Cos­sar Press being removed from the premis­es of David Philips Print­ers in Com­rie Street, where it has been since it was installed by its inven­tor Tom Cos­sar of Gov­an. It went in in pieces and is com­ing out […]

The Cos­sar Press appeared on the BBC’s Report­ing Scot­land pro­gramme today. BBC Radio Scot­land high­light­ed the project yes­ter­day in their News­drive pro­gramme, and inter­viewed the own­er, David Philips, and Ali­son Taub­man of the Nation­al Muse­um of Scotland.

Print­ing engi­neers will this week start work on dis­man­tling a unique Cos­sar Press at its long-time base in Crieff, Perthshire, where it print­ed the Strat­hearn Her­ald from 1907 through until 28th March 1991. The press, which is still in work­ing order, has been gen­er­ous­ly donat­ed to Nation­al Muse­ums Scot­land by its own­er, David Philips. Nation­al Museums […]