‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirement by [[Matthew Weaver]]
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Saying Goodbye to Vale Typewriter, the Second-to-Last Typewriter Shop in Town - Racket by [[Jay Boller]] for [[Racket]]
Mark Soderbeck expects to close Vale Typewriter by the end of 2024 after a 67-year run.
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"I don't need the city of Richfield being involved, they've never talked to me for 49 years," he says of awkward visits this week from the mayor and a city council member.
Why would the city come calling to a typewriter shop calling? Nostalgia perhaps? Better would be if they came to order or have their machines serviced to keep the place open or to help the next generation continue on.
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