As a kid, I remember Drought Printers as they were the best in the old days. I used it to print my homework and do my projects. My parents purchased those for me in school, so I have no idea how they are now. I still remember those days when I was a kid and I used to have fun printing my projects with the help of these printers. In fact, they were so good that they could easily print out any project we wanted to create with ease. Glad to see that nowadays sources like Calendly Alternatives are pretty common and are helping students. It's great to see how technology has evolved over time and how things had changed with time, unlike other machines which were around for decades or even centuries before things started changing drastically in terms of technology and electronics!
From some time in the mid 1800's my 3rd Great Uncle, George Drought ran a printing business from this building, with his brother Lowry Strickett Drought.
He was born in Canada in 1817, his father was in the 19th Lancer's. The family settled back in Dublin after 1832 and he married twice, having 15 children, one of whom would continue the business at least until 1926. George died in 1885 in Dublin. He was mentioned many times as a key fugure in the Dublin Typographers Benevolent fund and some of his work is kept in the National Library.
Some of the children spread around the world, to New Zealand and the USA, but I have not yet managed to track any others beyond the 1911 census, where his 2nd wife was loving in Brighton Rd, Rathmines, with some children quite nearby.
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Korbin Bins
Monday 1st August 2022 02:45PM -
Morning, what period in history are you referring to? I am guessing it's fairly recent. I am not sure exactly, but the family connections I have suggested that Droughts left in the 60s
Brian Glover
Wednesday 3rd August 2022 09:06AM -
My Grandfather, Arthur Collins was a compositor at Droughts in the late 1800's and his son John, my uncle, was also a compositor. My father was introduced to the company and became a bookbinder along with five of my aunts working in the finishing department.
One Aunt, Maggie Riley, worked there all her life until retirement.
As you would expect, my father demonstrated the benefit of the printing industry and I served as a compositor's apprentice and then furthered my knowledge to include photo typesetting (Berthold Diatronic) and also of digital reproduction, Photoshop, Illustrator and platemaking utilising the Applemac.
I am grateful for my father's influence on my life and presumably, like his own father, "showed my things known only to kings".
Three generations were given the opportunity to demonstrate the understanding of reproduction in print and all because of Droughts.
Brian
Monday 18th November 2024 10:19PM
