Click-clack, click-clack, ding! For older generations, the sounds of typewriters are now memories of a past era, while many in the younger generations have never heard the noise. With the advent of computers and other typing gadgets, the once ubiquitous typewriters are a rare sight these days.
That said, a narrow lane at Kidagamparambu in Alappuzha leads to AVP Museum of Typewriters — home to a small but diverse and exceptional collection of writing machines, some almost a century old. The museum, which displays 25 portable, electric-electronic typewriters that date back to different periods in the 20th century with English, Malayalam and Hindi characters, cyclo styling machines and old computers, is claimed to be the first-of-its-kind in the State.
