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Model Class 91 electric locomotive, c 1990

1988-1992

Cavity wall ties (2) from Reddish Conservative Club

1880

Fabric Friction Tester

1997

Photograph of radio ham

27 Feburary 1963

Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Dumpy level in case by J. Halden & Co. Ltd

circa 1910

Wall-mountable air purification device

2011

Herety Touring Bicycle

1983

Hornsea

engine part

Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

1927

'Memrex Senior' Electric Firebar Rod Winding Machine, used by Ferranti Ltd.

Weft feeler stop motion mechanism

Foundry Patterns

circa 1930s-1940s

Two-bladed screw propeller from 'Miss England II'

1930

Roller Mill for Corn Grinding

circa 1910
Model electric locomotive, scale 1/24, prototype 1-car overhead electric unit for Chung Mong Tramway, China, by Betrix, Stockport, c 1988.

Model of electric locomotive for Chung Mong Tramway, c 1988

1983-1993
British Railways handbill advertising "Excursions Each Weekday 7th September, 1964 to 12th June, 1965 to Chinley Miller's Dale Buxton Matlock". Single sided sheet printed in blue with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F212/R (Day). Issued August 1964.

Excursions each weekday ... to Chinley, Miller's Dale, Buxton, Matlock

1964
British Railways handbill advertising "Excursions Each Weekday 9th September, 1964 to 13th June, 1965 to Chinley, Miller's Dale, Buxton, Matlock". Single sided sheet printed in brown with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F315/R (Day). Issued August 1963.

Excursions each weekday ... to Chinley, Miller's Dale, Buxton, Matlock

1963
British Railways handbill advertising "Day Excursions to Birmingham - 20/6, Dudley Port 18/3, Wolverhampton 16/9 until June 14th 1964." Single sided sheet printed in red with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000. Issued June 1964.

Day excursions to Birmingham, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton

1964
British Railways (London Midland Region) handbill advertising "Excursions daily 7th September, 1964 to 13th June 1965 to Wrexham, Ruabon, Gobowen, Oswestry and Shrewsbury via Chester. Single sided sheet printed in green with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F88/R. Issued August 1964.

Excursions daily to Wrexham, Ruabon, Gobowen, Oswestry, Shrewsbury via Chester

1964
British Railways (London Midland Region) handbill advertising "Go by Train each Weekday 17th June to 7th September,1963 to Chinley, Miller's Dale, Buxton, Matlock". Single sided sheet printed in green with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F138/R (Day). Issued May 1963.

Go by train

1963
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway handbill advertising Dean & Dawson's fast, express excursion for 1,2,3,5 or 6 days to Chester and north Wales. Black ink on white paper.

MS&LR handbill

1894
Instructions book, "Special Instructions Relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic", 169pp. R.C.H. 60003, printed by Dean & Co., Stockport, published by the Railway Clearing House, October 1947.

Special Instructions Relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic

1947
Instructions book, paper and card, Railway Clearing House, "Special Instructions relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic, 1947", R.C.H. 60003, Printed by Dean and Company, Stockport, 1947.

Special Instructions relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic, 1947

1947
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Handbill, Great Central Railway, 'Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall', made at Stockport, 1906.

storeton, heswall hills, neston and oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall

1906
Bisschop's gas engine, 1870-1874, size 1 1/2 man power, no. 27124 (see notes)

Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

1870-1874
Wire bobbin, for Swingfire anti-tank wire-guided missile, co-developed and made by British Aircraft Corporation, England, British Aircraft Corporation (Guided Weapons), England and Fairey Engineering Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, England, 1958-1969

Wire bobbin

1958-1969
Model washing and wringing machine, c.1870, made by Edward Taylor of Stockport, Cheshire

Model washing and wringing machine

1870
British Railways (London Midland Region) handbill advertising "Excursions to Southport each Saturday, 20th June to 5th September, 1964". Single sided sheet printed in blue with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F120/R (HD). Issued June 1964.

Excursions to Southport each Saturday ...

1964
Great Central Railway handbill advertising Dean & Dawson's cheap, fast excursion to Nottingham, Loughboro' and Leicester. Also given are the pantomime details in Nottingham and Leicester. The trip takes place on Saturday, January 12th, 1901. Black ink on green paper and mounted on card.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Dean & Dawson's cheap

1901
Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House, Retford, Leverton, Cottam & Torksey. Dated July 1903 and signed by Sam Fay, general manager.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House

1903
Lithograph. London and North Western Railway. Stockport Viaduct. Shows viaduct over river, buildings ond road. Horse-drawn and pedestrain traffic on road, train about to cross viaduct. Drawn and lithographed by A F Tait. Printed by Bradshaw and Blacklock. (1848). 19.0945 x 22.2441 in.

London and North Western Railway. Stockport Viaduct.

1848
Packet of soft foam earplugs, used by swimmers to prevent ear infection, with instruction leaflet, by Cabot Safety Ltd., Stockport, Cheshire, English, 1988

Packet of soft foam earplugs

1988
Platform ticket, London & North Western Railway, 9580, Stockport Up Platform, signed on reverse ‘H.W. Bardsley 1894’, marked ‘505’ ‘B’.

Stockport Platform Ticket

Five rolls of Era moth cartridges, made by Kay Brothers Ltd., Stockport, England, 1955-1960

Era moth cartridges

1955-1960
Bottle of coaguline by Kay, Stockport, Cheshire, English

Bottle of coaguline by Kay

Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Book, Railway Clearing House, "General Classification of Merchandise. Dangerous Goods by Merchandise Trains", 271pp. RCH60004, with eight leaflets updating the book stapled to the first page, printed by Dean & Co., Stockport, 1947.

General Classification of Merchandise. Dangerous Goods by Merchandise Trains

1947
Swingfire anti-tank wire-guided missile, co-developed and made by British Aircraft Corporation, England, British Aircraft Corporation (Guided Weapons), England and Fairey Engineering Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, England, 1958-1969

Swingfire anti-tank missile

1958-1969
M2" Chain roller bearing

M2" Chain roller bearing

1920
M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

1922