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Overview
Introduction to the site [4 February 2023]
Latest news  [6 January 2025]

History
Brief histories of the companies  [20 June 2012]
How the companies were related  [10 August 2013]

Timeline
Events from 1890–2004  [22 March 2020]

The People
About the lists  [6 January 2025]
People lists from A–Z  [14 April 2025]
Key to abbreviations and symbols  [5 February 2023]
Compiling and analyzing the lists  [1 November 2022]

Sun Families
The Farrell family  [10 July 2012]
The Davis family [10 August 2013]

Reminiscences
From the 1900s to the 1980s  [16 March 2021]

Facts and Opinions
Call for contributions [22 October 2018]

Articles

A Brief History of Sun Engraving  [22 March 2008]
Development and Problems at Sun, 1950s to 1980s   [24 July 2005]
The Fire Brigade   [17 November 2006]
The Ink Factory [25 June 2006]
The Ink Factory Closure   [17 November 2006]
Inside the Sun   [24 July 2005]
The Life and Accomplishments of Lord Southwood  [18 May 2024]
Marketing Pressures on Magazine Printers [24 July 2005]
One Customer's Viewpoint   [26 November 2006]
Producing 'Window' in WWII  [24 July 2005]
Rembrandt Output/Productivity [12 April 2006]
Rembrandt between 1955 and 1957 [12 April 2006]
Sun Clock Tower [7 January 2023]
Sun Departmental Employee Statistics [22 October 2018]
Sun Printers Manchester Office [12 April 2006]
The Background to Lord Southwood's Offer to Purchase Sun Engraving [20 March 2023]
Why Did Watford 'Lose the Print?' [24 July 2005]

 

Visual Identity and Marketing
Marketing Themselves [25 January 2022]
What's in a Name? Why 'the Sun'? [24 June 2008]

 

The 1950s Expansion
The Decade of Expansion [26 November 2006]
Operation 'Sun' Rise: Details of the Plan [12 April 2006]
Operation 'Sun' Rise: Les Hodge's Photo Essay [12 April 2006]

 

Equipment and Methods
The Albert TR5 [12 April 2006]
Automatic Inset Registering [25 November 2005]
The Axel Springer Patent Application [25 June 2006]
Gravure Printing and Gravure Presses Explained [1 August 2005]
Press and Equipment Configurations, Manning, and Details [26 November 2006]

 

Skills – How They Did It
The Chargehand's Duties [25 November 2006]
Colour Retoucher [Rembrandt] [23 June 2008]
The Composing Room [20 March 2023]
The Engraving Room, 1983–85  [25 June 2006]
The Ink Minder's Duties [Rembrandt] [21 November 2006]
The Reel-hand's Duties [20 December 2006]
The Register-hand's Duties [Rembrandt] [12 April 2006]
The Retouching Room [25 June 2006]
Rinco [25 June 2006]
The Role of Natsopas (Assistants) [23 June 2008]
Solvent Recovery [4 April 2006]
Working in Letterpress [20 March 2023]

 

Picture Gallery
About the Pictures
Pictures wanted! 

Featured:
.... The Art of Corrie Graddon [19 December 2009]
.... Gladys Rendell's Rembrandth Photographs, 1932–34  [10 August 2013]
The Gallery [25 January 2022]

 

Film
'Watford Works'  [30 September 2017]

 

You Can Help
How you can help
Sun project questionnaire

 

About Us
Birth of a web site [22 October 2018]

Sources  [10 July 2012]
Contact information [13 July 2019]

 

Glossary
Terms used on this site [30 April 2020]

 

Links
Related sites [13 July 2019]