This year’s Edinburgh in Print guided walks for Doors Open Day, which will look the New Town’s links to the printing industry, andsome of the traces that can still be seen, are now fully booked. Future walks will be announced on this website and on Twitter — @PrintScot
Edinburgh in Print fully booked!
September 17, 2016
The free guided walks in Edinburgh’s Old Town, run as part of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day programme on the weekend of 24–25 September 2016 have proved really popular and are now fully booked.
Edinburgh in Print
September 8, 2016
The free guided walks in Edinburgh’s Old Town, run as part of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day programme on the weekend of 24–25 September 2016 are filling up fast. You can book the last few places through this link.
Pen-y-Coe Press open day
September 6, 2016
The Pen-y-Coe Press in Bridge Street, Penicuik is open for Midlothian’s Doors Open Day on Saturday 10th September 2016. There will be papermaking and letterpress printing demonstrations at 11am and 2pm, and the press will be open to visitors from 10–4. See their website for facilities and how to get there.
Doors Open Day at Quarto Press
September 1, 2016
The Quarto Press, Beech Hill Road, Coupar Angus, will be open for the Perth and Kinross Doors Open Days this year. You will be able to see a range of presses as well as type-casting machines, and there will be demonstrations of working machines and the opportunity to have a go. Open 10–16-.30 on Saturday […]
Edinburgh Printmakers open for Doors Open Day
August 29, 2016
Edinburgh Printmakers will open on Saturday 24 September from 11–6 for Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day. There will be guided tours and studio demos throughout the day. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history of the Union Street washhouse whilst seeing behind the scenes at Edinburgh’s busiest print studio. For full details […]
Doors open at the Quarto Press
September 21, 2015
The Quarto Press at Coupar Angus will be open on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September this year for Doors Open Day, from 10am until 4.30pm (last admission 4pm). The Quarto Press has a range of machines (including type-casting machines) and gadgets to illustrate bygone printing methods and processes used in the industry from its […]
Doors Open at Edinburgh Printmakers
September 20, 2015
Edinburgh Printmakers will be open to visitors from 10am-6pm on both Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2015. Located on Union Street, the building was originally a washhouse for the local community, and many of the original features, including the impressive red brick chimney, remain. A fantastic opportunity to see behind the scenes at Scotland’s […]
Doors open at Pen-y-Coe Press in Penicuik
September 9, 2015
In the mid 1960’s, the Pen-y-Coe Press moved into the town’s former Post Office at No 7 Bridge Street. Aspects of the Edwardian Post Office remain, including devices that allowed the policeman on his night-time beat to check for burglars. Visitors will be able to see the small museum gallery, with displays illustrating the development of hand-made […]
‘Doors open’ at printing offices in September
September 4, 2014
The Pen-y-Coe Press, Bridge Street, Penicuik, EH26 8LL will be open on Saturday 13th September for Midlothian’s Doors Open Day. Visitors can look behind the scenes at a local business (the Pen-y-Coe Press operated here for 60 years), and try their hand at making a sheet of paper. Full details are on the Midlothian section […]
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