engineering apprentice; Derby Carriage & Wagon Works; LMS Research Department; British Rail Research Department; observer (technical assistant); Head of Security; childhood; family; school; apprenticeship; mechanical engineering degree; Derby Technical College, day release training, 1940; LMS Research Department; LMS Research Department during Second World War; Loach; Newberry; Hoskins; Warlow-Davies; Baldwin; origin of jobs; staff relations; stress concentrations; staff structure in Research Department; promotion; effect of nationalisation; working conditions; collaboration between research laboratories of other former railway companies; career progress; hobbies; degree in electrical engineering; promotion, John Littlewood; specialisation in security, from c. 1960; Chief Constable of British Transport Police; Henry Pearce; interlocking doors; Head of Security Section, c.1970; Railway Pension Fund Art Collection; asbestos, reaction to risk; tobacco freight security; tobacco freight; locks on vans; patents; fiddling on the ferry; radiator fire, Birmingham New Street; withdrawl of British Transport finance from Research Department security work; retirement, 1982; interests family; daughters; experiences, visibility tests, Collingham; viaducts; water balance on canal, Ruabon; test locomotives. d.o.b. 1919-07-04, railway work 1935-1982, London; Hastings; Lewisham; Maskery, Cyril 2000-11-15
Carding engine made by Strutts of Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830:- one hand stripper; one hand grinder; one lap of cotton. Carding engine, 1800-1830. 1800-1830
Waste collection box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Waste collection box from the carding engine 1800-1830
Card Flat, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Card flat from the carding engine 1800-1830
Hand card for cleaning the card flats, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Hand card for cleaning the card flats from the carding engine 1800-1830
Main cylinder cover from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Main cylinder cover from the carding engine 1800-1830
Cotton feed box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Cotton feed box from the carding engine 1800-1830
Leaflet giving instructions for working a runner and chairback in Strutt's Candlewick Cotton. W.G. & J. Strutt Ltd Strutt's Candlwick Cotton Leaflet No. 2017
Cotton carding engine, main cylinder cover, hand card for cleaning card flats, waste collection box, card flat, cotton feed box, made by Strutts of Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830 Carding Engine, Derbyshire, 1800-30 1800-1830
Ironwork from William Strutt's (1756-1830) Cotton Mills (South Mill) at Belper, Derbyshire, 1811-12, (two columns, one beam, three tie-rods). Strutt set about finding an answer to the problem of timber-floored buildings; his mill was the most technically advanced building of its time, incorporating an iron frame and brick arches to make it 'fire proof'. Ironwork from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills 1811-1812