IT was a pleasure to be guest speaker at the recent Butterwick Hospice Partners' Lunch and, as usual, my speech highlighted a few famous newspaper misprints.
Afterwards, Brian Swales, volunteer photographer at the event, in the lovely setting of Judges, near Yarm, remembered a favourite printing cock-up of his own.
Brian was working for the North Riding Publishing Company at Skippers Lane, South Bank, Middlesbrough, many moons ago. Publications printed by the company included the Billingham Post, the Wilton News and the Fibres Post - all for ICI.
In the classified section of the Wilton News, someone had meant to advertise a "Toy fort for sale". Unfortunately, it was a "Toy fart" which made it into print.
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