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LicenseRadium & Lord Bros, travellers conference 1954
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Radium Group of Directors 3rd June 1954
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Radium & Lord Bros, workers Christmas party 1950s B
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Radium & Lord Bros, workers Christmas party 1940s
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Radium polish tins
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Radium Leather Dyes, Blackpool Special August 1930, Hale Station
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Radium & Lord Bros, Managing directors 1940s
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Newspaper cutting two firms in one 1950s
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Radium & Lord Bros, workers Christmas party 1950s C
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William H Lord, president, Altrincham Rotary club 1948
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Radium & Lord Bros, workers Christmas party 1950s A
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Coronation Cake Tins 1952
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Radium Dyes, Blackpool special August 1930, Hale station
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Radium House, Alrincham
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Electrical adaptor kit in mahogany box with watercolour
Science Museum Group Collection
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Electrical adaptor kit in mahogany box with watercolour
Science Museum Group Collection
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Electrical adaptor kit in mahogany box with watercolour
Science Museum Group Collection
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Electrical adaptor kit in mahogany box with watercolour instructions, made in Bury by William Hawkrigg Lord in about 1930 and nicknamed the 'go anywhere box'.
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Imagine needing an electrical adapter for every place you visit in the UK. In 1930s Britain electricity suppliers generated power at different voltages in different towns. William Hawkrigg Lord was a regular traveller and came up with an ingenious personal solution. He designed a travel case containing every plug used in Britain at the time.
Details
- Category:
- Electricity Supply
- Object Number:
- Y2009.35
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), mahogany (wood), wood (unidentified) and bakelite
- Measurements:
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Box: 175 mm x 480 mm x 277 mm, 4 kg
- type:
- adapters
- credit:
- Gift of Mrs Bernice Norfolk
