Desmond Miller was an unsung hero of the counterculture revolution because it made itself felt in Yorkshire within the early Seventies. With out Des the Leeds Different Paper and the Sheffield Anarchist wouldn’t have seen the sunshine of day.
He and I drove all the way down to London from Leeds to gather a secondhand printing press. Not solely was he one of many few folks within the primarily pupil co-op who may drive, however he truly knew how the printing press labored – one thing many of the remainder of us didn’t have a clue about.
Although he moved on to Norfolk in 1983, his printing abilities, sensible data and good work contributed to the Leeds Different Paper surviving into the 90s.
