| Individual or organisational biography | In 1894 as the Guild and Technical School opened on Clerkenwell Road and was re-named to Bolt Court Technical School in 1895, when the School moved to Bolt Court. Jurisidiction then passed to London County Council c1896 and the name changed again to London County Council School of Photoengraving and Lithography, Bolt Court in 1900. However, despite the official change the School was referred to as Bolt Court until 1949 when Bolt Court and the College of Printing and Kindred Trades merged to form the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts. The School was re-built in 1911 and re-opened in 1912, to allow for growth and modernisation of teaching and learning spaces. The School had a number of early Principals who crafted the School's subject areas and teaching methods: 1894-1900 Charles W Gamble; 1900-1903 AJ Newton; 1903-1912 AJ Bull.
St Bride's Foundation Printing School, Bride Lane, Fleet Street was founded 1883 and, with a Printing School, opened Nov 1894 to teach part-time courses, it was re-named London School of Printing and Kindred Trades in 1922 when it came under the London County Council's direct jurisdiction and moved to 61 Stamford Street [extended 1933]. In 1894 the Foundation had approximately 124 evening class students and evening classes were a major part of the Foundations activities. The aims were to provide technical printing schools, reading and lecture rooms and swimming and wash baths. In 1911 they appointed their first full-time Principal, JR Riddell who instigated a move from text book based learning to practical teaching. The first full-time courses began in 1919.
In 1922 the St Brides Foundation Printing School was re-named the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades when it too came under the London County Council's direct jurisdiction. In 1949 Bolt Court and the London School of Printing merged forming the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts.
The North-Western Polytechnic was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town in 1929. The North-Western was the largest polytechnic in London. In 1967 the Printing Department of the Polytechnic was transferred to London College of Printing.
The College for Distributive Trades was a technical training college in London. It was founded as the Westminster Day Continuation School in 1921. In 1986 it became part of the newly formed London Institute. In 1990 it was merged with the London College of Printing to form the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades. Before merging with LCP it was based at 30 Leicester Square and had departments in Display, Food Commodities, Management, Marketing and Advertising and Merchandising.
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