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Record player

Radio Communication

stereoscopic viewer

Photographic Technology

c.1896

Mignet HM 14 Aeroplane

Aeronautics

1936

Telegraph transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

Radio cassette player

Radio Communication

1988

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Flask

Coal Mining

1880-1950

Picture and easel prop

Creative Industries

Ericofon one-piece telephone

Telecommunications

c.1976

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Pestle and Mortar

Textile Industry

'Rover' portable video camera

Cinematography

c. 1970

BBC B Micro Computer

Computing & Data Processing

c.1983

Dye Sample; Indigo

Scientific Instruments & Research

1840s-1900

Jack Sibbit Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1938

F2/1 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

linecasting machine

Printing & Writing

c.1892

telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

Empire Melody Maker Radio

Radio Communication

c.1930

Document carrier

Telecommunications

c.1946

Dansette radiogram

Radio Communication

record player

Sound Reproduction

1956

1/44th scale wind tunnel model of HS1033

Aeronautics

BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1945

Infra red remote control

Domestic Appliances

1988

kite

Aeronautics
Tenon saw with a flat metal blade, made by Loxley, around 1830-1860. "Loxley" was a brand name for a range of lesser quality saws made by Sanderson Brothers & Newbould, one of the biggest Sheffield saw firms. Made around 1890-1920.

Tenon saw

Hand and Machine Tools

1890-1920
Ferranti-Shirley viscometer control and indicator unit.

Ferranti-Shirley Viscometer

Weighing & Measuring

1950-1955
Jean Elizabeth Gregson’s competition entry for the Royal College of Art Competition of Industrial Designs, Manchester, around 1929-1936.

Competition textile design

Archive

1929-1936
One of a pair of clogs loaned to children that attended the Charter Street Ragged School. The shoes are stamped with ‘CSRS loaned, not to be pawned’.

Childrens Clogs

Local History

c.1880-1920
Sterling silver lever pocket watch, made by Thomas & John Ollivant, Manchester, around 1851.

Sterling silver level pocket watch

Time Measurement

1850-1860
Electric time recorder, made by Gledhill Brook, used in Bay 2 of Mather & Platt Park Works, Manchester, c.1920-90. Serial number 29369.

Electric time recorder

Time Measurement

1930
Automatic micrometer made by Louis Schopper of Leipzig.

micrometer

Papermaking
One of a pair of clogs loaned to children that attended the Charter Street Ragged School. The shoes are stamped with ‘CSRS loaned, not to be pawned’.

Childrens Clogs

Local History

c.1880-1920
Cheese yarn dyeing frame, for dyeing large batches of yarn.

Yarn Dyeing Frame

Textile Industry
Windcheetah recumbent tricycle, made by the Seat of the Pants Co. Ltd, Altrincham, 1997.

Windcheetah Recumbent Tricycle

Road Transport

1997
PR Wing of conceptual scale model of futuristic blended wing body airliner, commissioned by Shell UK Oil Products Ltd, c.2000.

Wing of conceptual aircraft model

Aeronautics

c.2000
A script and a storyline for episodes in Coronation Street broadcast.

Script and story outline for Coronation Street

Archive

1985
Circular knitting machine, made by Harrison Patent Knitting Machine Company, around 1920.

Circular Knitting Machine

Auxiliary Material

1920-1929
Johnny Berry bicycle made for Hazel Barnes, a member of Withington Wheelers, 1951. Serial number 511379.

Johnny Berry Bicycle

Road Transport

1951
Textile sample book, around 1835, containing samples of printed cotton fabric.

Textile sample book

Archive

1835-1860
Oil painting, A Street Scene in Manchester by Thomas Armstrong, 1861.

A Street Scene in Manchester

Textile Industry

1861
Goods invoice for cotton yarn transported on the London & North Western Railway through Liverpool Road Station on 16 June 1882.

London and North Western Railway goods invoice

Archive

1882-06-16
Main body of conceptual scale model of futuristic blended wing body airliner, commissioned by Shell UK Oil Products Ltd, c.2000.

Body of conceptual aircraft model

Aeronautics

c.2000
After section of F3 ducted augmenter without nozzle, for a jet engine, by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, less nozzle

After section of F3 ducted augmenter without nozzle, for a jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion
Spare red nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft made by Mainair Sports Ltd, Rochdale, Hiway Hang Gliders Ltd, Brighton, with wing made by Flexiform, Oldham, c.1985

Spare nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

Aeronautics

1985
Morse sounder, c.1880. Double plate sounder., in wooden case with needle and dial at the top. Last used over railway telegraph circuits to transmit Morse code through a reversal of the current to distinguish dot from dash. The needle moved to left and right.

Morse code sounder used over railway telegraph circuits

Telecommunications

c.1880
Wooden type case from printers workshop

Wooden type case

Printing & Writing
Selection of printer's tools.

printers' tools

Printing & Writing