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Valentine's day note

Note, card, Lynn and Fakenham Railway Goods Advice Note with a postcard reverse, stamped with a half penny, c.1881

Lynn and Fakenham Railway Goods Advice Note

1876-1886
Note, "Unveiling of North Eastern Railway War Memorial, York 14th June 1924", 'in the event of the enclosed invitation being accepted a free railway ticket will be issued on application, The station from which the ticket will be required should be stated', 125 x 185mm.

unveiling of North Eastern Railway war memorial York 14th June 1924

1924
Note, "Unveiling of North Eastern Railway War Memorial, York 14th June 1924", 'in the event of the enclosed invitation being accepted a free railway ticket will be issued on application, The station from which the ticket will be required should be stated', 125 x 185mm.

Unveiling of North Eastern Railway War Memorial, York 14th June 1924

1924
Note, signed Thos. L Gooch; "Experiment with "Novelty", Rainhill level plane, January 26, 1830"

Note, signed Thos. L Gooch

Note fron the Railway Clearing House re clearance of parcels traffic from Larne and Stranraer

Railway Clearing House note

19 March 1903
Consignment note for milk to be carried at owners risk, and at reduced rate under terms of agreement, issued by London & South Western Railway Company

consignment note

1912
[Note, 1791, to Sir William Hamilton / Dr [William] Herschel, asking him to assist in persuading King of Naples to have one of Herschel's 20ft telescopes erected in Naples for astronomical observations to be taken. 1p. With offprint from Journal of Royal Astron. Soc. of Canada describing the letter and its significance]

Note, 1791, to Sir William Hamilton

1791
Note from C. M. S. Depot in Clifton reading ‘supposed to be the ashes of a Buddhist priest’

Note about Buddhist amulets made from human ashes

Note from The British Medical Journal relating to the publication of Alfred Swaine Taylor's orbituary.

Note from The British Medical Journal

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Telephonic Dispatch, dated July 21 23, Station Bratton Fleming.

L & BR telephonic dispatch

1923-07-21
Note from Jas Spottswood, Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, Penrith, to allow the bearer Mr Robt Hill to collect moths in Barrow Wood. 21 May 1860.

note from jas spottswood lancaster & carlisle railway to allow moth collection

1860
Note, London and Birmingham Railway, to advise customer that there parcel has been lying at Messrs Horne and Chaplin's Office at Euston Station, May 9th 1843 .

London & Birmingham Railway waybill

1843
Handwritten note of what is to be published, photographic views from nature in Scotland. By William Henry Fox Talbot, (?) about 1844.

Handwritten Note

1844-1845
Advice note for the Lancaster Banking Co to Ulverstone Station for the Furness Railways

advice note

1864
Typed note on temperature variations to interpret smoked glass slides recording of blood pressures.

Typed note on temperature variations

1874
Handwritten note about smoked glass slides recording blood pressures. It reads ' Box of smoked glass slides with blood pressure graphs, name, date, notes, etc. 1874'

Note

1874
Note, handwritten by a child, offering assistance to an elderly neighbour during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, UK, 2020.

Note offering assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020
GNR delivery note from Peterborough to Bingham dated 19th September 1870. For William Nicholls. Items include hard and soft soap, flannel, pens, hearth stone, ink, note paper and other station equipment.

Great Northern Railway delivery note

1870
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Telephonic Dispatch, dated July 21 23, Blackmoor Station.

L & BR telephonic dispatch

1923-07-21
Staff history record of Mr. Frank Shearsmith Fidell on his retirement from the British Transport Commission

staff history record

1955-05-13
Caledonian Railway Goods Departmen note about invoice. Dated 10th November 1870

Caledonian Railway goods department

1870
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway handwritten note about the day to day events for Barnstaple Fair on 12th September 1923. Written at the manager's office.

Barnstaple Fair, 1923

1923-09-12
Note relating to an unknown watch. Maker unknown.

Note

Typed note about setting up a mutual support WhatsApp group during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020

Note about COVID-19 mutual support WhatsApp group

2020
Note sent to neighbours in Woodbridge offering support to those who may be self-isolating, 2020

Note sent to neighbours in Woodbridge offering COVID-19 support

2020
Notes, headed 'Roller Derby', written by Tony Ray-Jones.

Notes, headed 'Roller Derby'

1972