Spot colour.

"CMYK or process color printing is contrasted with spot color printing, in which specific colored inks are used to produce the colors appearing on paper. Some printing presses are capable of printing with both four-color process inks and additional spot color inks at the same time. High-quality printed materials, such as marketing brochures and books, may include photographs requiring process-color printing, other graphic effects requiring spot colors (such as metallic inks), and finishes such as varnish, which enhances the glossy appearance of the printed piece"

-Wikipedia

Ok, so from what i've gathered, a spot colour is a specifically mixed ink or varnish that would replace the CMYK plates. This would be a cheap process as only 1 colour would be used, as apposed to the the 4 in CMYK prints. You can use as many spot colours as you like, but it can become expensive when using a lot.

Beamish.

http://www.beamish.org.uk/

During the holidays I took a visit to the Beamish museum. It's a village living in 1913, and it really is massive, you get a tram to get around it all. But most of all it's completely full of lovely advertisements, and I mean full, they are everywhere you look.

I have 100's of photos and would love to upload them all but I'd be sat here all night. So here's just a few.

In the town there was a newspaper shop, and above that was an old print room. It was heaven. I wanted to pick everything up and take it home with me. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to have a go of any of the machinery, but they did do a demonstration showing how they printed their posters, business cards etc, and even how they printed photography. It's amazing how machinery that old still works brilliantly and can produce something really beautiful.

It really was a brilliant day out and would really recommend people on our course to go. Maybe we could organise a trip or something?