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Roy and Pat Coxhead pictured at Diana Thompson s wedding
Coxhead s father was in the army, and as a result he was born in Quetta Cantonment, Balochistan, Pakistan.
He went on to be educated in the UK and started his career on local newspapers, followed by a stint in Australia during his early married life. He later returned to the UK overland with his wife Pat in a VW.
His career included communications roles for Reed International and then the British Printing Company where he worked for ten years, departing just prior to the Robert Maxwell era.
He then joined Benn Publications where he was editor of
Friday, December 18, 2020
Brits may not have been first off the mark in print, in comparison with some of our neighbours, but their contribution to the craft has nevertheless been great
The printing industry is not always good at honouring its past: the inventions, processes, products or the people. That is a pity because it is the men and women of the past that have brought the industry to where it is today, just as it is the individuals of today who will shape the printing industry of tomorrow. We do not move forward in isolation, today we build on what happened yesterday and we have much cause to give thanks to our forerunners.