Typewriters: the key facts

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: August 13, 1995 | Copyright information

1 There remains only one typewriter ribbon manufacturer in England. Situated in Lancashire, it is an off-shoot of Ramsbotham's Jubilee Lamp- black (1897) Ltd.

2 The only new manual typewriter available today is a plastic Olivetti. "It's a dreadful thing - we won't sell it," say Globe Typewriters.

3 The BBC produced a musical version of Parkinson's Law in the 1960s, with an overture scored for typewriters.

4 Jeffrey Archer does not write on a word processor - nor does he use a typewriter. He writes all his novels with a pen and paper.

5 Veteran broadcaster Brian Redhead insisted on continuing ...

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