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printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Picture and easel prop

Creative Industries

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

dye sample

Industrial Chemistry

c.1890

Trimphone 8722G

Telecommunications

c.1975

Promotional model of Avro RJ115 airliner

Aeronautics

Model aircraft engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1952

Model of BAe Nimrod AEW3

Aeronautics

Radio cassette player

Radio Communication

1988

Jacquard loom head

Textile Industry

Horseshoe-shaped electromagnet

Scientific Instruments & Research

Cine camera

Cinematography

1898

ZETA Generator Model

Nuclear Energy

c.1954

Anshutz camera

Photographic Technology

c.1910

Pestle and Mortar

Textile Industry

'Rover' portable video camera

Cinematography

c. 1970

Model 23B teleprinter

Telecommunications

1981

Dye Sample; Indigo

Scientific Instruments & Research

1840s-1900

linecasting machine

Printing & Writing

c.1892

telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

telephone transmitter

Telecommunications

c.1880

Empire Melody Maker Radio

Radio Communication

c.1930

1/44th scale wind tunnel model of HS1033

Aeronautics

BBC ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

c.1945

8800X analogue mobile phone

Telecommunications

1992

kite

Aeronautics

East Indiaman Herefordshire

William John Huggins

1815

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790
A script and a storyline for episodes in Coronation Street broadcast.

Script and story outline for Coronation Street

Archive

1985
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
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
Cheese yarn dyeing frame, for dyeing large batches of yarn.

Yarn Dyeing Frame

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

Windcheetah Recumbent Tricycle

Road Transport

1997
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
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
Sterling silver lever pocket watch, made by Thomas & John Ollivant, Manchester, around 1851.

Sterling silver level pocket watch

Time Measurement

1850-1860
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
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
Diffractometer from Beamline 2.3 of the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire, in use from 1993 to 2008.

diffractometer

Scientific Instruments & Research
Unopened bag of Frontline coffee beans. Brand new.

coffee beans

Auxiliary Material
Straw hat, brand new.

straw hat

Auxiliary Material
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