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This view over a group of Linotypes and Intertypes is intended to whet the appetite for what the re-enactment scene will be like.

For a start, the machines will not be on pallets, will be cleaned up and will have magazines fitted. The Museum has adequate magazines and founts of matrices. The machines will be set out more spaciously: in this shot they are too close for comfort.

The re-enactment will provide up to 40 of these machines with appropriate numbers of Ludlow casters, Monotype casters and keyboards, and hand-setting case-frames. These will be accompanied by all the usual supporting items: galley racks, composing saws, lead cutters, stones (cast iron work tops), page trolleys and quantities of consumables (hand-set type, leads, rules, furniture).

A number of presses will be on hand, at least one of which will print a broadsheet spread.

Probably there will be an editorial department with manual typewriters and the necessary office furniture.