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Carol Rose

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Do any of you collect typewriters? My husband scours antique shops looking for old typewriters and other writing-related things, and I have quite a collection in my writing room at home. One of these is a 1930s Royal typewriter that still has its ribbon. Another is a 1960s Olympia portable typewriter. I've also added a picture of the brass ink stand he found for me years ago. We're not sure of its age.

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Love ‘em. Come the apocalypse (you know, that event post-which all dystopianas are predicated) it’ll be the only way to write...
 
Tara Rose said:
Do any of you collect typewriters? My husband scours antique shops looking for old typewriters and other writing-related things, and I have quite a collection in my writing room at home. One of these is a 1930s Royal typewriter that still has its ribbon. Another is a 1960s Olympia portable typewriter. I've also added a picture of the brass ink stand he found for me years ago. We're not sure of its age.

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3g9A0Ha-pzrUQ0L53yN36mdtCFeZfpwtKOONdXmDSTA=w155-h207-p-no
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I wrote my first novel on one very similar to the one on the left. I found it in a skip. I had to paint the spools with ink and then rewind them by hand, so it would actually type. I used A4 paper with carbon paper and if I made a mistake I had to retype the entire page or Tipex it. Those were the days!
Still - It got published. So not so bad. I still have the typewriter. When I get back to the UK, I'll check out the name.
 
I own an old Royal, not sure what year it is, but I believe it is from the mid-50s. It doesn't work, per se, but it has the ribbon and if I ever got up enough gumption (or time) I would like to try and make it work. It doesn't seem to be missing anything, so it probably just needs cleaned/oiled.
 
Hi Owen. Well at least you know how to ink the spools. A paintbrush and a pot of ink.
 
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