IN THE modern world all it takes to print a letter, poster or story is a few clicks of a mouse.

But the Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street showed what it was like in years gone by demonstrating the technique of linocut printing.

Saishreyaa Anand, eight, was one of the visitors who tried out the technique, which involves cutting a shape into a sheet of linoleum. Ink is then applied to the linoleum and it is transferred on to a page to create an image, which can be printed over and over again.

Saishreyaa’s dad Anand Bhaskaran said he and his daughter, who lived in Headington until two years ago, were visiting from Swindon for the day.

He said: “She was ecstatic at getting to try the printing.

“ It was very good fun really.”

“We enjoyed the rest of the museum as well, it is good to see how the old laboratories worked.

“It is about preservation, that is what the museum really means.”

The linocut printing days ran on August 27 and 28.