Examination Paper for Paper!

There has been much in the news about examinations with the recent GCSE and A level results announced recently, so it was quite a surprise when I received an email from Simon at the London Centre for Book Arts asking how I would fare answering the below examination paper from 1978!

The exam paper from the London College of Printing came to light in the archive that the LCBA has inherited from the late Jane H. Reese who was a hand paper maker who ran the Nautilus Press and Paper Mill based in North Kensington in the 1970's 80's and 90's.

If I couldn't answer the questions on the paper, I can always look at my paper merchanting handbook to find the answers - 722 pages of paper merchanting information, given to me when I left the James McNaughton Paper Group 30 years ago!

Thanks to Simon for sending over the old exam paper, which is now very much a historical artifact!

https://londonbookarts.org/

Posted by Justin Hobson 31.08.2022