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Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

Specimen of artificial silk

Textiles Machinery

1883

Wrayflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1954

35mm stereo camera for two 24 x 24mm pictures. Fitted with two Wray stereo lenses f/4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 apertures on linked rotating plates. F:35mm, coated. With paired I/B shutters. Coaxial flash socket. Direct optical vision finder. Accessory shoe. No.001211. Wray, made under licence by Graflex Corps, USA, c.1960.

Wray stereographic camera

Photographic Technology

1959-1965

Oral history interview with Alec McTavish, conducted and recorded by Michael Lee at the interviewee's home in Chislehurst on 21 November 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 17 min. 41 sec. Personal background; Government Economic Service; John Welsby; Move to British Rail Policy Unit; sectorization; Planning and Strategy Manager Provincial; John Edmonds; personal views on privatisation proposals; Head of British Rail Business Systems; information technology (IT) organisation in Derby; Director of Operations Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC); James Gordon; revenue clearing scheme; Rail Settlement Plan (RSP); involvement of train operating companies (TOCs); RSP franchise cancellation; telephone enquiries; Serco; views of staff; George Muir; station issues; ATOC involvement in franchise agreements; reflections on privatisation and career

Alec McTavish interviewed by Michael Lee

Oral Histories

2019-11-21

Large format colour polaroid by Neal Slavin: Kirby's flying ballet. Churchill Theatre, Bromley. 2.6.83

Kirby's flying ballet. Churchill Theatre, Bromley

Photographs

1983-06-02

Wray rapid rectilinear lens F: 8 1/2 inches for 6 1/2 x 5 inch plates f/8-64 No. 9329. With flange.

Wray rapid rectilinear lens

Photographic Technology

Oral history interview with Christopher Austin, conducted and recorded by Michael Lee at the interviewee's home in Bromley, Kent on 25 January 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 20 min. 20 sec. Personal background; Parliamentary Affairs Manager role; privatisation of ancillary businesses 1980s; Conservative 1992 manifesto; alternative methods of privatisation; Parliamentary Affairs team work; Grant Woodruff; Robert Adley; Peter Snape; Railways Bill debates; House of Lords debate; working with Richard Faulkner (Westminster Communications); privatisation implementation work; staff briefing; Future Rail 1991; Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) bill; staff attitudes; personal reflections; activity at party conferences; Brian Mawhinney (Secretary of State for Transport); Professor Philip Goodwin (University of Oxford)

Christopher Austin interviewed by Michael Lee

Oral Histories

2019-01-25

F: 8 1/2" f/8, for 6 1/2 x 5" plates.

Wray Rapid rectilinear lens

Photographic Technology

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Livingroom of a middle-class home'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Livingroom of a middle-class home

Photographs

1970-08

Large format colour polaroid by Neal Slavin: Bickley School of dancing. Bromley, Kent. 16.7.84

Bickley School of dancing. Bromley, Kent

Photographs

1984-07-16

Pair of Wray Apo Lustar Process lenses. F:5" f/10 Nos 65948, 65950. Mounted on 150x75mm metal plate, with central finder lens, for stereo work.

Pair of Wray Apo Lustrar process lenses

Photographic Technology

Velvet and plush lined case for Wray combination lenses.

Wray combination lens case

Photographic Technology

Wray compound lens. Lens mount for 8 1/2x6 1/2 camera with three ? achromat lenses: 9", 12",15". Iris diaphragm calibrated for three focal lengths. Two lenses.

Wray combination lens

Photographic Technology

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Walking the dog'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Walking the dog

Photographs

1970-08

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Suburban scene'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Suburban scene

Photographs

1970-08