| Dates and Places | 11 Jan 1893 the National Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Writers, Copperplate and Wood Engravers, special meeting considered the formation of a Guild and Technical School. The meeting approved the formation of a school.
2 Oct 1893 the Guild and Technical School began teaching printing classes at the Society’s premises at 35 Clerkenwell Road with the aims of enhancing the skills of engravers and lithographers
4 Nov 1895 opening night of the Guild and Technical School at 6 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. London County Council had purchased the premises for the school's use as part of a grant as their previous premises were inadequate
1896 the school is renamed Bolt Court Technical School
1897 Bolt Court began to offer day classes, ontop of its existing evening classes
1900 falls under London County Council Jurisdiction and is renamed the London County Council School of Photo-Engravers and Lithography (Bolt Court)
1911-1912 the school under went renovations to its layout and classrooms
1939 the school and its staff and student evacuate to Bicester near Oxford due to threat of enemy bombing. Classes continued and were held at the County School in Bicester, with students housed by volunteers in Bicester
1949 the school mergers with the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades (St Brides) to form the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts. Classes continue to be held both at 6 Bolt Court as well as at 61 Stamford Street, which had been LSPKT site |