London Typographical Society - membership badge (c.1959)

The London Typographical Society was a trade union for compositors/typesetters that existed from 1955 until 1963, when it merged with the Typographical Association to form the National Graphical Association (NGA).

 

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London Typographical Society timeline;

 

1834 – London Union of Compositors (LUP) formed by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors.

 

1845 – The LUP was dissolved and its members were reorganised as the London Society of Compositors (LSC).

 

1955 – The LSC and the Printing machine Managers Trade Society merged to for the London Typographical Society.

 

1963 – The London Typographical Society and the Typographical Association merged to form the National Graphical Association (NGA).

 

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References:

 

dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=DServeadv.i... (Outline history of the London Typographical Society).

 

archive.unitetheunion.org/about_us/history/a_pictorial_hi... (Print related union badges).

 

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Enamels: 3 (blue, white & red).

Finish: Gilt.

Material: Brass.

Fixer: Buttonhole (horseshoe shaped clasp).

Size: ¾” diameter (20mm).

Process: Die stamped.

Imprint: F & S LTD, BARR ST, B’HAM.

 

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