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.
Archives for March 2012
Cossar Press emerges in pieces
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 […]
Cossar Press on Reporting Scotland
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.
Cossar Press Project
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 […]