It's much easier now to produce a document. Ah, yes, computers are marvellous machines . . . when they are working. Perhaps their greatest asset is the ability to store items in memory files.
No photographs could be included on the Gestetner stencils. Drawings were carefully etched using a set of special tools. The stencil was generally thrown away after the copies of the wee newspaper were printed. A small bundle of printed "Strands" from the 50's was donated to the office of The Strand after this reunion.
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