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Oil can for oiling textile machinery

1880-1940

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

1880-1940

Model (scale 1:8) of a wool washing machine made by John & William McNaught

Spectacles

1925-1935

W.Tatham Ltd nameplate

1935

Firgrove Mill Steam Engine

1907

Durn Mill Steam Engine

1864

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft

1985

Flour calculating slide rule, c 1910.

circa 1910

Watson electric slotter

1900

Daily Herald Photograph: Adjusting cotton reels on spinning machine

1947

Gas-filled vacuum recloser type GVR serial no. GVRB 13000997 (a vacuum switching, magnetically-actuated, SF6 insulated auto-reclosing three-phase circuit breaker) with control box and connector, developed by Whipp & Bourne Ltd (part of FKI Engineering plc) and made in 1997, the winner of the 1997 MacRobert Award

Gas-filled vacuum recloser type GVR serial no. GVRB 13000997

1997

Cross Ball Warping Machine in two parts. Manufactured by Thomas Holt, early to mid 20th century. Used at Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Cross ball warping machine

1900-1950

Large woodcutting machine made by Robinsons of Rochdale. Dovetailing machine. Built to the armstrong patent.

Woodcutting Machine

Part of smallware warping machine. Has 4 rollers in central section, with a counter at one end. Made by William Hurst and Co, Rochdale, early to mid 20th century.

Part of smallware warping machine. Has 4 rollers in central section

1900-1950

Transversing section of smallware warping machine and box of parts. Made by William Hurst and Co, Rochdale, early to mid 20th century.

Transversing section of warping machine

1900-1950

Two samples of beltings:- 1 strip, 8" x 3", with red edges (RB.75, foldless type); 1 strip, 8"x5", black (RB.71, folded type)

Two Samples of Beltings.

1935

Collection of textile machine parts most likely from the Lancashire beamer and cross ball warping machine. Includes wooden frame parts, metal rollers and machine guard. Manufacturers unknown. Early to mid 20th century.

Textile machine parts

1900-1950

Daily Herald photograph by Spencer showing dancers at the Carlton Ballroom, Rochdale.

Dancers at the Carlton Ballroom, Rochdale

1961-05-03

Watch movement.

Watch movement

1760

Nut deskinner by William Brierley, Collier & Hartley Ltd, Rochdale, England, 1920-1939; used by the Company Burton, Son and Sanders, Ipswich, specialist manufacturers of intermediate ingredients for the bakery trade, 1920-1992

Nut deskinner by William Brierley

1920-1939

A letter from James Chadwick to the London and North Western railway company secretary about the insane competition the LNWR has with the Great Northern Railway which the author thought was over. However he has since seen an advertisement in the Times and on leaflets being distributed on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that suggest the contrary, 25th February 1856.

Insane competition

1856-02-25

Model (scale 1:4) of wool drying machine by John & William McNaught, Rochdale, Manchester, England, the original having been made around 1914.

Model (scale 1:4) of wool drying machine by John & William McNaught

1914

Lancashire beamer for winding bobbins on a 'V' creel onto beams ready for sizing or the loom. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. early to mid 20th century. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Lancashire Beamer

1900-1950

Bobbin winder for winding off ring tubes onto double ended bobbins, shortened to 22 bobbins each side. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd. Used by Courtaulds Lts, at Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury. Late 19th - early 20th century.

Bobbin Winder

1880-1920

Carter's improved high speed type bench braiding machine, fitted with 16 patent Speedway carriers for carrying cheese of yarn on cardboard tubes, on cast iron stand with a sample of braiding and cable braiding in progress.

Carter's Improved High Speed Type Bench Braiding Machine.

Textile machine parts in two Really Useful Boxes, one metal box and on pallet. One box of metal needles in Really Useful box. One box of metal cylinders and parts in Really Useful box. One metal box of metal parts most likely from the Lancashire beamer. Loose metal parts on pallet most likely associated with the Lancashire Beamer and the Cross Ball warping machine. Thomas Holt measuring dial most likely from Cross ball warping machine. Early to mid 20th century.

Textile machine parts in two Really Useful Boxes

1900-1950

One photograph showing a woman adjusting cotton fibre on a machine. Caption on the back reads: ‘Arrow Mill, Rochdale. Here is demonstrated the spinning of “Fibre” on standard spinning machinery.’

Daily Herald Photograph: Adjusting cotton fibre on spinning machine

1930-1950