In praise of Exchange & Mart

[PeteXXX]

Once upon a time, Exchange & Mart sold lots of lovely stuff in their paper. Years back, I bought these two beauts to make (not print!! 😂) money.
Now, online it seems to be mainly cars etc.

A Rotaprint A3 lithographic printing machine similar to this..
I had the 30/95 3R

And an A4 Rotaprint TTR useful for knocking out leaflets..

When I packed up printing after several years, I ended up selling them privately for what I paid.
I also bought a lithographic plate maker but that wasn't so good..

 

[Dogtrousers]

I used to buy Exchange and Mart occasionally just to read the kinds of stuff that was for sale. Things I'd never heard of (like lithographic printing machines, for instance)

 

[Oldhippy]

Similarly Loot used to be good as well, pink, yellow and blue if memory serves.

 

[Paulus]

Exchange and Mart was also good for finding B&B's and caravans for holidays in this country, remember them?

 

[Aescott]

My only recollection is drawings of scantily clad ladies advertising peep-hole bras. Mum never was one for catalogue shopping, so I had to make do with borrowing next door’s Kay’s Catalogue. The toys and games section started to lose its allure round about the time I found the catalogue models and the underwear section.