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'We use them every day': In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard

Computers and smartphones might be where most writing is done these days, but typewriters still have work to do in the US.

Article by Chris Baraniuk

Photograph 1:  Paul Lundy, who runs Bremerton Office Machine Company, a typewriter repair business in Bremerton, Washington.

 (Credit: Grant Hindsley)

Photograph 2: Lisa Floading uses her collection of typewriters every day to write letters, compile lists and do admin

(Credit: Lisa Floading)

Photograph 3:

The law firm run by John Tomasso and his brother is one of many businesses in the US that still rely on typewriters every day (Credit: Ernesto Roman)

Photograph 4:

Mike Marr has been repairing typewriters for more than 20 years and still sees dozens being brought into his shop in Rhode Island every week (Credit: Ernesto Roman)

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Looking back at the fight to save Imperial Typewriters of Hull

The famous Hedon Road factory employed 1,500 workers when its closure was announced 50 years ago.

The announcement of its closure prompted a march on Westminster by staff days before the closure date that had been issued to unions representing members.

The protest lasted for four and half months, with the workers eventually walking out of the plant on July 16, 1975.

This was the final assembly line at Imperial Typewriters which, in 1972, when the picture was taken, employed 1,500 people.

Article by Deborah Hall.

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Some of Tom Hanks’s Typewriters

Exhibition:

From the Collection of Tom Hanks Installed by Simon Doonan

From 12 January to 10 March 2024 Premiere: Saturday, 11th January, 6 - 7:30 PM

Venue: The Church48 Madison Street, Sag Harbor, NY, 11963 United States

Exhibition's checklist of the typewriters on display:

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‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement

Alan Thorpe is Britain’s last certified fixer of the Perkins brailler, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and write

Article by Matthew Weaver

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Typewriter poet (Olivia Dodd)'s impromptu poetry helps strangers heal.

London-based typewriter poet Olivia Dodd connects with strangers and writes meaningful poetry for them in a matter of minutes.

Olivia's Titktok page:

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Typewriter: 'The dangerous weapon'

Re: 'The dangerous weapon' 'Remember typewriter licenses [in Romania of 1980s]?' by Louis Anslow

Rules for owners:

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"Writer's Block" by Sheryl Oring

Sheryl Oring's sculptural installation "Writer's Block", a tribute to the writers whose books were burned in Nazi Germany and a reminder about censorship that exists today. Exhibitions were held on Bebelplatz, site of the Berlin book burning.

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'RZLBD Letters' by Reza Aliabadi

Published by Rochester Institute of Technology 

With a vintage typewriter in hand, Reza Aliabadi (who works under the pseudonym RZLBD) revives the lost craft of letter writing.