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King Bladud, Bath Token

1794

King Bladud, Walcot Turnpike, Bath Token

1796

King Bladud, Bath Token

1794

King Bladud, Bath Token

1794

Horstmann adjustable thread caliper gauge for M8 threads

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Half-Day Excursions to Bournemouth

1939

Engine spotting at Birmingham New Street Station

1962

Clock, weekly, Mk 2A

1969

Horizontal compass sundial, for latitude 51 degrees

1809-1842
Watch with cylinder movement

Watch

1763
Gas pistol lighter (coal gas) by Horstmann, Bath, c.1955

Gas pistol lighter (coal gas) by Horstmann

1955
Booklet, "Visitors Guide to Bath and District by Electric Car and Motor Bus with Plans of the Route', Printed by William Lewes & Son, Bath, Published by Bath Electric Tramways and compiled by Lawrence H. Wilson.

Visitors Guide to Bath and District by Electric Car and Motor Bus with Plans of the Route

Three items relating to Henry Chappell, GWR staff poet: i) Printed copy of poem by Chappell "Once On A Time", written in aid of "Uncle Fred's" Joy Parcel Fund, 1922 ii) letter, Henry Chappell (80 Wells Road, Bath), to R.A. Green-Armytage (5 Queen's Parade, Bath), soliciting Green-Armytage's assistance in making an approach to Viscount Churchill to recover Chappell's late father's money from his GWR shares, 4 September 1929, 3 sheets with envelope iii) small cutting about a meeting with Chappell and the reprinting of his poem "The Day" in the Daily Express.

Three items relating to Henry Chappell

1922; 1929
Oral history interview with Bob Cannings conducted and recorded by Chris Kinchin-Smith on 22 November 2019, at the interviewee’s home. Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes. Personal background, family, childhood, school (1936-1939), choir, job at railway station book stall, lad porter, grade 2 porter; Second World War (WW2) blitz memories; [00:04:00] reserved occupation; Salisbury temporary guard; [00:05:00] after WW2, Bristol East shunting 1945; signalman at Freshford 1946, Bath Hampton West 1947, Bath Spa 1949, train details; [00:07:00] railway career evolution, clerical exam 1962, Bath Road Depot, depot work, rostering job 1974; retirement 1990; [00:08:00] reasons for joining railway, interest in railways, wages, no previous family railway members, GWR a good company; [00:09:20] personal views of Nationalisation, not supportive, enjoyed working for British Rail (Great Western), good friends made; [00:10:30] incidents during career; personal views of HS2, Somerset to Dorset lines, dieselisation compared with electrification; [00:13:00] personal life, marriage in 1949, 3 daughters, details about wife, widower in 1995, family details, grandchildren and great grandchildren; activities since retirement, walking, choir member; memories of father, NUR member, staff association; [00:18:50] further incidents when was signalman; replacing bridge in Bath 1959, lorry hitting a bridge incident, 1962 Boxing Day snow memories, Open Days at Bath; [00:22:20] managers and people he worked for, Bath Road, Chief Clerk, Area Manager; interview for rostering Job; most job satisfaction at Freshford, staff and colleagues at Freshford and Bath station; [00:27:00] Bath Spa Signal Box; Paddington, visit and access; [00:28:20] looking at 1959 Bath Spa photograph, taking of the photograph, signal box description, view description; [00:30:30] safety incidents; Bath to Bristol train accident and aftermath; experience as a first aider, first aid competitions, London safety competition; [00:34:00] involvement with collisions/derailments; 3.50 from Chippenham incident, Freshford derailment, 7.45 Paddington to Bristol incident; [00:37:10] other issues, complaints about night trains, coal train incident; [00:39:10] reduction in goods trains; Bath trains; people he met; [00:41:00] working at Salisbury; brake van issues, Westbury problems using a banker, good crowd of colleagues; lodging issues, going home on days off; [00:44:40] memorabilia he kept, GWR watch, signalling manual; [00:46:00] Intercity 125 introduction; “shunt horse” story; fish trains during the War; Indian Army mule train; horsebox traffic; [00:52:30] Bath Station; goods shed, engine shed, inspector’s house, bridge office, canal office, signal and telegraph office; [00:54:00] summing up; retirement, pleased to leave, keeping fit, travelling, memories of Switzerland, visit to USA, visit to Canada, visit to Scandinavia [01:03:17] [end of interview]

Bob Cannings interviewed by Chris Kinchin-Smith

2019-11-22
Junghans BIVOX alarm clock with magnetic escapement. With back

Junghans BIVOX alarm clock with

White plastic block with metal circuit, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

White plastic block with metal circuit, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printer

2007-2012
Black printed part showing internal lattice structure, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Black printed part showing internal lattice structure, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printer

2007-2012
Carte-de-visite photographic portrait by William Friese-Greene of a seated woman wearing a large crucifix necklace, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman

Undated
Cabinet card photograph by William Friese-Greene of a woman wearing a hat leaning on a pillar, undated.

Cabinet card portrait of a woman

Unknown
Carte-de-visite photographic portrait by William Friese-Greene of a seated woman resting her hands on a fur draped over a chair, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman

Undated
Carte-de-visite photographic portrait by William Friese-Greene of a standing woman wearing a fur coat and muff and a hat with a large bow tied under her chin, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a standing woman

Undated
Carte-de-visite photograph by William Friese-Greene showing a vignetted head and shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a hat, undated.

Carte-de-visite vignetted portrait of a woman

Undated
Photograph of Pulteney Street, Bath, c. 1890.

Photograph of Pulteney Street

circa 1890
Trade card: Batonnier. Hotel de la Poste. 3, Impasse des Cordeliers. Amiens. [text in French, other side in English] / Lith. D. Lebel et E. Begat, Amiens. - [France]: nd. [1870]. Lithograph; 5x8cm. Venue for arrival and transmission of balloon post during the Franco-Prussian war 1870-1871

Batonnier.

1870-1871
Colour transparency of the 'Steve Tattoo Artist with Steve at the Shopfront', Bath, photographed by Andrew Lawson in about 1977.

Steve Tattoo Artist with Steve Stood in Front of Shop

circa 1977
Auto time control (timer) made by The Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd., Bath (England, UK). UK patent 506960 & foreigns other pending thoughout the world. Makers No. 26244, 200/250 volts, 30 Amps, 50 Cycles 1 phase.

Timer

Motion capture suit for a dog, made and used by CAMERA staff and worn by Maggie, Staffordshire bull terrier, 2017.

Motion capture suit for a dog

2017
Time Switch- Makers number C40279 Type V.RS.MS. Manufactured by Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd of Bath, England.

Type V.RS.MS time switch by Horstmann Gear Co

Example of first Horstmann double-train gas controller for street lights, of about 1904, giving quick action, and fitted with solar dial, with winding key and dust cover

Example of first Horstmann double-train gas controller for street lights

circa 1904
Example of early Horstmann electric tumbler time-switch with solar dial, for street lights, with winding key, dust cover and screws

Example of early Horstmann electric tumbler time-switch with solar dial

Junghans alarm clock with magnetic escapement and luminous figures and hands. With back and feet

Junghans alarm clock

Handbill. Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway handbill for excursion tickets to Weston-Super-Mare every week-day to September 29th inclusive. Issued July 1925.

Handbill, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

1925
Newbridge time-switch, 1920.

Newbridge time-switch

Selected plastic products designed and printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Plastic products printed by RepRap 3D printers

2007-2012
A colour transparency of the exterior of Wilson Dickinson, Bath, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977

Wilson & Dickinson

circa 1977
Carte-de-visite photograph by William Friese-Greene showing an oval shaped portrait of a seated woman leaning on a fur, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman

Undated
Carte-de-visite photographic portrait by William Friese-Greene of a seated woman leaning on a fur draped over a chair, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a woman

Undated
A carte-de-visite photographic portrait of a young woman, taken at the studio of William Friese Greene, Gay Street, Bath, undated.

Carte-de-visite portrait of a standing woman

undated
Adrian Bowyer's personal 'Mendel' RepRap self-replicating 3D printer (Generation II), by Adrian Bowyer, Bath University,

'Mendel' - a second generation 3d RepRap printer with parts printed by first generation machines

circa 2007-8
Colour print. Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express hauled by a 4-2-2 Locomotive No 3046 "Lord od the Isles". Produced from a photograph taken on 12th August 1899. Published as a Supplement to The Railway Magazine, December 1899. 9.1732 x 22.8346 in.

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train

1899/12
Colour print. Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train. (Produced from a photograph taken on 12 August 1899 near Bath with the "Cornishman" hauled by 4-2-2 Locomotive No 3046 "Lord of the Isles"). Printed by Brumby & Clarke Ltd, Hull and London. Published as a Supplement to The Railway Magazine, December 1899. 10.8268 x 23.8189 in.

Great Western Railway "Cornish Man" Express Train

1899/12
Black part of a RepRap 3D printer, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Black part of a RepRap 3D printer printed by a RepRap 3D printer

2007-2012
White whistle which plays a 3 note chord, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

White whistle which plays a 3 note chord, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers

2007-2012
Blue disc showing printing smooth changes in colour, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Blue disc showing printing smooth changes in colour

2007-2012
Sample of white PLA printing filament used by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Sample of white PLA printing filament used by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printer

2007-2012
Green herringbone gear on metal bolt, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Green herringbone gear printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers

2007-2012
Printing three colours at once, green/red/white square, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers, by Adrian Bowyer, Bath, c.2007-2012

Printing three colours at once, green/red/white square, printed by Adrian Bowyer's RepRap 3D printers

2007-2012
Colour transparency of the 'Steve Tattoo Artist', Bath, photographed by Andrew Lawson in about 1977.

Steve Tattoo Artist

circa 1977
Oral history interview with Neil Butters, conducted and recorded by Brian Clementson at the Guild Hall, Bath on 29 June 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 42 min. 48 sec. Personal background; early career; Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) implementation; Western Region Management Services Reading; Arnold Kentridge; Management Development & Training Officer Freightliner; secondment to Enterprise Agency Bath 1985-1987; setting-up Salford University Transport Management MSc course with Bill Bradshaw; railway activities in secondment to Enterprise Agency seconded role; responsibilities at Transmark; Development Manager at The Grove; investment plan prepared; possibility of privatisation; decision to close The Grove 1995; interest in historical railways; role on Railway Heritage Committee; difficulties in legal interpretation of Railways Act 1993; establishment of Railway Heritage Committee (RHC); National Railway Museum (NRM); work of RHC; designation of records under Railway Heritage Act 1996; Secretary role became full-time; effects of privatisation on personal life; reflections on career

Neil Butters interviewed by Brian Clementson

2018-06-29