tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post1957669239499198944..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: From the archives: Daily Express BuildingsCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-86452856544403589662011-07-01T11:33:50.889+01:002011-07-01T11:33:50.889+01:00The Daily Express building is one of my favourite ...The Daily Express building is one of my favourite buildings in Manchester. Thanks for giving it a plug. Manchester may not have a huge architectural heritage but what we do have is often overlooked.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101981864771048977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-47677708913114876642011-06-28T13:45:29.626+01:002011-06-28T13:45:29.626+01:00Anon, thank you - I've seen the building but h...Anon, thank you - I've seen the building but hadn't realised the Express connection. <br /><br />Alan, that's really intriguing. It would be lovely to find out!CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-17790576692989887332011-06-28T13:00:44.462+01:002011-06-28T13:00:44.462+01:00I once met a retired Daily Express Linotype operat...I once met a retired Daily Express Linotype operator at Amberley museum in Sussex http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk who claimed the old printing equipment was left in the basement and covered over when Goldman Sachs took over the building. I've been in the building a few times, as a journalist, but always to go to events up at the top, and have never had the opportunity to ask if the story was true.Alan Burkitt-Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344807923068268667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-25701475747579908572011-06-28T08:49:36.487+01:002011-06-28T08:49:36.487+01:00The (not new any longer) Express building (I'm...The (not new any longer) Express building (I'm assuming it's still the home of the Express) on the south side of Blackfriars bridge is a tolerable, if conservative, pastiche of the original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com