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Invitation to winding up of Scottish Daily Mail Process Department.
Description: Invitation card from the Scottish Daily Mail Process Chapel inviting people to Clarks Bar 9 - 10pm and then to the Process Dept of the Daily Mail on Thursday 28th November.
Accession Number: SH.2009.215.1
Further Notes: The Scottish Daily Mail were part of the Associated Newspaper Ltd. They were based at Tanfield House, Edinburgh. The chapel was a work based print union. The use of chapel is thought to derive from the proximity of Caxtons printing press to Westminster Abbey or through the close association of the early industry with the church and theological writings. Print firms were closed shops, which meant that you had to be a member of a union to work in the industry. Union rules dictated that at every firm where two or more members of the union are employed they shall form a chapel and appoint one of their number to act as father or clerk of the chapel.
History: Mr James Murray Grant McDonell worked for McLagan and Cumming pre Second World War. After the War he worked for the Scottish Daily Mail at Tanfield.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org
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Invitation to winding up of Scottish Daily Mail Process Department.
Description: Invitation card from the Scottish Daily Mail Process Chapel inviting people to Clarks Bar 9 - 10pm and then to the Process Dept of the Daily Mail on Thursday 28th November.
Accession Number: SH.2009.215.1
Further Notes: The Scottish Daily Mail were part of the Associated Newspaper Ltd. They were based at Tanfield House, Edinburgh. The chapel was a work based print union. The use of chapel is thought to derive from the proximity of Caxtons printing press to Westminster Abbey or through the close association of the early industry with the church and theological writings. Print firms were closed shops, which meant that you had to be a member of a union to work in the industry. Union rules dictated that at every firm where two or more members of the union are employed they shall form a chapel and appoint one of their number to act as father or clerk of the chapel.
History: Mr James Murray Grant McDonell worked for McLagan and Cumming pre Second World War. After the War he worked for the Scottish Daily Mail at Tanfield.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org
EH3 5HF