Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejack testing a bosun's chair
1955-01-07
One photograph of a steeplejack testing a bosun's chair. Caption on back reads: 'Steeplejacks, painters and other men who work at heights will soon have a new and safer type of bosun's chair, following tests at a Southall (Mddx) works by a master steeplejack from Brixton (London), Mr. A.E. Beaumont. The present type of chair now used consists of a wooden seat suspended by ropes hooked at each corner. The new chair which is expected to be recommended by the British Standards Institution, is enclosed by a 'cradle' and will have straps for additional safety. Mr. Beaumont, who has been a steeplejack for 40 years, is a member of the committee formed to recommend a new and safer type of bosan's chair and fifteen designs have been studied and tested. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS: GEORGE GALE, a rigger from Norwood, who works for Mr. A.E. Beaumont, is seen trying out one of the new types of bosun's chairs at Mr. Beaumont's Brixton (London) works'.
Daily Herald Photograph: Postwar temporary housing
1945-02-19
One photograph of bombed out families moved into temporary homes. Caption on the back reads: ‘Miss F. L. Roswell helps the removal men to bring the furniture into the temporary Nissen type hut which her family moved into today 36. Loughborough Gardens Brixton.’
Frog board with crank lever myograph
circa 1968
Frog board with crank lever myograph, c.1968
Fortex Time Valve
Patented and made by F W Baxter, Brixton, London, BP25463-1912. Sold by Griffin. Pneumatic delay valve. In original carton.