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Cocoa
GEM/4/1/4/2/28 · File · nd, [c1970s]-[c1980s]
Part of Records of Gemini News Service

Diagrams, illustrations and graphs, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to cocoa.

Subjects covered include: cocoa export quotas, c1970s and the world's biggest cocoa producers, 1988.

Gemini News Service (1967-2002); news agency
Coffee
GEM/4/1/4/2/29 · File · nd, [c1980s]-[c1990s]
Part of Records of Gemini News Service

Diagrams and illustrations produced by Gemini News Service, relating to coffee and tea.

Subjects covered include: major coffee importers and exporters, 1980s; the world's biggest coffee producers, 1985 and the fall in coffee prices, 1992.

Also includes graphics relating to the production, export and consumption of tea, c1980s.

Gemini News Service (1967-2002); news agency
Coffin
GUA/12/4/8/1 · Item · 1987
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Small coffin produced to mark the demise of hot metal system for production of the Guardian newspaper. When the Guardian stopped printing the paper using lead type, the printers held a mock funeral using this miniature coffin to mark the end of an era.
Production place: London, UK
Materials: Stained wood; Brass
Colour: Reddish brown; Brass
Condition: Good
Dimensions: h 180mm x w 790mm x d 300mm
Completeness: Complete
Inscription: Inscription upper part of lid: "R.I.P.; THE GUARDIAN; 1961 - 1987; "Dissed off in haste"; WAS HOT. NOW GONE COLD; "Say goodbye to the hot metal man and watch the shit as it hits the fan" Inscription lower part of lid: "Joinery UNDERTAKEN by Guardian Engin

Creator: "Guardian Engineers"