tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post7210287359661322995..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Briant Colour Printing Occupation 1972Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-48675607109831233142020-12-21T22:37:40.573+00:002020-12-21T22:37:40.573+00:00I used to work in the office at Bryant Colour Prin...I used to work in the office at Bryant Colour Print with a friend called Ray Dine, my name is Don Tovey. I lived at the Bricklayers Arms. I cant remember what year it was but around 1971/2. The company secretary would not let any of our work through without checking we had done it properly. I saw the writing on the wall and left before the lock-in. They were struggling for work and were selling things too cheaply to get work to keep the machines running. They also had a few bad debts with customers going bust on them. I think it unfair of the pickets outside of Robert Horne Paper Merchants who just supplied paper to Bryant's and expected to be paid for it otherwise they would go bust if none of their customers paid them. I ended up running my own printing company for 40 years and know how hard it us to keep them going.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759357962860599877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-84581740343899398502019-11-24T10:33:25.270+00:002019-11-24T10:33:25.270+00:00My dad, Mickey Fenn, designed the poster.My dad, Mickey Fenn, designed the poster.Shaun Fennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023977694598466460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-89234697012594388902016-12-11T18:38:33.817+00:002016-12-11T18:38:33.817+00:00I remember going to a rally outside the works duri...I remember going to a rally outside the works during the occupation, which was addressed by Eric Heffer, MP. <br /><br />I don't know what else was printed during this time, but I still have a copy of Tolstoy's <i>The Slavery of Our Times</i>, that they printed there during the occupation.<br /><br />Interesting to see the poster for the Pentonville Five. I used to know one of them, Tony Merrick, who in the 90s worked as a florist, but also ran walking tours on a Charlie Chaplin theme. When I knew him he was a wrestling coach with the United Olympic Wrestling Club in Bromley, where my son went as a youngster. (Sorry, I realise I've gone off topic.)Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029334251116510580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-16119598331559963402016-12-11T17:26:32.772+00:002016-12-11T17:26:32.772+00:00I remember the spelling being 'Bryant' not...I remember the spelling being 'Bryant' not Briant. I worked as an NGA machine minder at the Curwen Press in Plaistow at the time and, along with a colleague compositor, organised collections among workmates to support the work-in. I believe many printers did this. Support for the work-in led to a bit of fun at Curwen. Bryant had printed its own posters to drum up support and we put a couple of these up on our factory notice boards. These were ripped down by the MD so on overtime that night my colleague and I composed and printed our own posters to replace them declaring "SUPPORT BRYANT COLOUR - FREE SPEECH FOR ALL!" These stayed up and the managers never worked out who had made them or how we did it without leaving a trace!Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230735897854894705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-82120296715805018932013-04-14T13:04:00.024+00:002013-04-14T13:04:00.024+00:00I just found my way to this post by Googling '...I just found my way to this post by Googling 'Briant Colour' because there is an edition of the Claimant's Union Handbook for Strikers 'Printed by Briant Colour Work in Committee' in the Women's Library collection recently acquired by LSE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-5283756296811391902009-08-04T17:22:13.727+00:002009-08-04T17:22:13.727+00:00Interesting, could be a pamphlet in it? Maybe with...Interesting, could be a pamphlet in it? Maybe with some other South London workplace occupations - not sure how many others there have been mind. I have some stuff on a 1977 Greenwich steel works occupation somewhere..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-91195730080774898362009-08-04T14:52:32.218+00:002009-08-04T14:52:32.218+00:00Past Tense archive has a few cuttings from The Wor...Past Tense archive has a few cuttings from The Worker (July 1972) and some other clippings. Great pictures of occupiers behind the locked gates with a big sign - 'UNDE WORKERS CONTROL'. <br /><br />On SPG: An article by Bill Freeman published in the Morning Star (June 15th 2002) says 'The picketed the the principal creditor Robert Hornes with the support of thousands of workers from around Britain, including thousands of dockers and the Pentonville 5. This in turn led to the first deployment of the hated Special Patrol Group'. <br /><br />I've got the address on a piece of paper but it's lost in a pile somewhere. It was somewhere near or on the site of the preesnt day Land of Leather, 789-799 Old Kent Road, Peckham. But that's from memory! Will post address when found!<br /><br />You could mail Bill Freeman:<br />w.freeman@virgin.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com