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SOGAT membership card
Description: Membership card for the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades. Membership card for a Mr G Robinson.
Accession Number: SH.2009.216
Further Notes: This membership card relates to a Mr Robinson who worked at Thynes printing firm Edinburgh
History: SOGAT became an industrial union in 1783 when three London based craft societies came together and decided to take action to achieve a reduction of the working week from 78 hours. Five of the leaders were sent to prison for two years but victory was ultimately achieved. In 1983 SOGAT was a combination of 39 unions. William Thynes began trading in 1871. They were lithography and letterpress printers based at Lochend Works, Marionville Road, in Leith. By about 1955 the firm had outgrown its Leith premises and bought land at Sighthill where he built a new factory Langmuir Works.
In 1962 William Thyne (Holdings) bought R & R Clark Ltd. where George Bernard Shaw had all of his books printed. At about the same time the company started William Thyne (Plastics) Ltd. in Penicuik to make expanded polystyrene packing.
The firm stayed in the Thyne family until 1969 when the three operating companies were sold to Mardon Packaging.
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
SOGAT membership card
Description: Membership card for the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades. Membership card for a Mr G Robinson.
Accession Number: SH.2009.216
Further Notes: This membership card relates to a Mr Robinson who worked at Thynes printing firm Edinburgh
History: SOGAT became an industrial union in 1783 when three London based craft societies came together and decided to take action to achieve a reduction of the working week from 78 hours. Five of the leaders were sent to prison for two years but victory was ultimately achieved. In 1983 SOGAT was a combination of 39 unions. William Thynes began trading in 1871. They were lithography and letterpress printers based at Lochend Works, Marionville Road, in Leith. By about 1955 the firm had outgrown its Leith premises and bought land at Sighthill where he built a new factory Langmuir Works.
In 1962 William Thyne (Holdings) bought R & R Clark Ltd. where George Bernard Shaw had all of his books printed. At about the same time the company started William Thyne (Plastics) Ltd. in Penicuik to make expanded polystyrene packing.
The firm stayed in the Thyne family until 1969 when the three operating companies were sold to Mardon Packaging.
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