River fog rolling up Bride Lane as the last edition thunders through. CR
Fog over the Presses
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Notebooks, cold tea and cigarette smoke around the reporters' table at midnight.
Reporters' Table
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
The forme locked up on the stone, ready to go down to the machines. CR
The Composing Stone
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Motor vans lining up in the yard for the night distribution run. CR
Delivery Vans at Dusk
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
The lamplighter making his round as the printers change shift. CR
Lamplighter on Shoe Lane
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Sub-editors under a single green-shaded lamp, blue pencils moving fast.
The Copy Desk
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Homebound crowds and cab-lamps streaming east as the evening edition drops. CR
Evening Rush, The Strand
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
The city dragon marking the boundary where Fleet Street becomes the Strand. CR
Under the Griffin, Temple Bar
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Uniformed telegraph boys waiting to run copy between office and exchange. CR
Telegraph Boys
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
Editors and printers gathered at the kerb as the late news comes down the wire.
Press Gang at the Kerb
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
A dray loaded high with folded broadsheets bound for the mainline stations. CR
Broadsheets by Cartload
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
The old tavern doorway where reporters filed their copy over porter and pie. CR
The Cheshire Cheese
Arthur Penhale / The Fleet Street Archive
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