The Printing Works |
Fakenham’s historical link with the printing industry goes back to as early as 1803 when ‘Norwich Freeman' Chadley Stewardson moved to Fakenham and began a small printing business. For over a 170 years and through a succession of business partnerships the printing industry in Fakenham continued to expand, providing hundreds of jobs for people locally. However, large volume printing in Fakenham ceased in 1982 with the closure of the former printing works. The site, which occupied a substantial area on either side of White Horse Street, was subsequently demolished and redeveloped as a supermarket and car park. We hope you enjoy looking back at our selection of Cox and Wyman pictures. If you have a memory or pictures you’d like to share, then we at the Fakenham and district community archive would like to hear from you.
"Those who remember the printing works will recall the very narrow White Horse Street where the clickety-clack-sound of busy printing presses filled the street, and where fork-lift trucks and delivery vehicles shared the highway with regular road traffic".
"Those who remember the printing works will recall the very narrow White Horse Street where the clickety-clack-sound of busy printing presses filled the street, and where fork-lift trucks and delivery vehicles shared the highway with regular road traffic".
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