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Overview
Introduction to the site  [4 February 2023]
Latest news [25 December 2023]

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  [1 November 2022]
People lists from A–Z [26 December 2023]
Key to abbreviations and symbols  [5 February 2023]
Compiling and analyzing the lists  [1 November 2022]

Sun Families
The Farrell Family  [10 July 2012]
Farrell Family Tree  [3 March 2005]
The Davis Family  [10 August 2013]
The Davis Family Tree  [10 August 2013]

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

Facts and Opinions
Call for contributions  [22 October 2018]

Overviews and Specifics

A Brief History of Sun Engraving   [22 March 2008]
Developments and Problems at Sun, 1950s to 1980s   [24 July 2005]

The Fire Brigade   [17 November 2006]
The Ink Factory   [25 January 2022]
The Ink Factory Closure   [25 January 2022]
Inside the Sun   [24 July 2005]
Marketing Pressures on Magazine Printers   [24 July 2005]
One Customer’s Viewpoint   [26 November 2006]

Producing ‘Window’ in WWII  [20 January 2022]

Rembrandt between 1955 and 1957   [12 April 2006]
Rembrandt Output/Productivity between 1955 and 1957   [12 April 2006]

      Sun Clock Tower  [7 January 2023]

Sun Departmental Employee Statistics, 1964   [17 November 2006]

Sun Printers Manchester Office   [12 April 2006]

The Background to Lord Southwood's Offer to Purchase Sun Engraving   [27 March 2023]

Why Did Watford ‘Lose the Print’?   [21 November 2020]

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   [25 January 2022]
Operation 'Sun' Rise: Les Hodge’s Photo Essay   [25 January 2022]

Equipment and Methods

The Albert TR5  [12 April 2006]
Automatic Inset Registering   [25 November 2005]
The Autotron Manual   [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 [11 February 2023]
The Engraving Room [25 June 2006]
The Ink Minder’s Duties [Rembrandt]   [21 November 2006]
The Reel-Hand’s Duties [25 January 2022]
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 [15 February 2023]

Picture Gallery
About the Gallery
You Can Help
Featured Contributions
The Art of Corrie Graddon   [19 December 2009]
Gladys Rendell's Rembrandt Photographs, 1932-34 [10 August 2013]
Pictures wanted!   [1 January 2022]
The Gallery   [25 January 2022]

Film
‘Watford Works’   [30 September 2017]

Help Us
How you can help   [25 January 2022]
Sun project questionnaire   [25 June 2006]

About Us
Contact information   [13 July 2019]
Birth of a website   [22 October 2018]
Sources   [20 January 2022]

Glossary
Terms used on this site   [30 April 2020]

Links
Related sites  [13 July 2019]