More Info →Frank Goldingham, Part 1, Printing, publishing and computers - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th May 2023. Part 1 of 4. Interested in printing and publishing from childhood, and started printing in 1950s. Feilding Herald, Photorama. Joe Sing. Hand-fed printing. Buying a printing press. Being a compositor. Moving into computers in 1981. Early small computers (Sinclair, Commodore, Atari, etc.). Grew to have several shops around New Zealand. Limited software, importing games. Spreadsheets, etc.. IBM. Franchise holders. Limited competition at first. Smith City cutting margins. Moved on to importing remainder software. Rapid change in the computer sector. 1991, joined a walking group for exercise. Power walking. Trip to Australia, city to surf. Set up walking magazine, Walking New Zealand. Small magazines being squeezed out. ISSUU website. Growth of walking as an activity. Effects of Covid.