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Sample of white Nylon fabric.

Farnborough

Wash boiler

Domestic Appliances

c.1945

Tippler Toilet

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890

Jacquard loom

Textile Industry

'Skyline' tin-opener for small tins, Burnley, Lancashire, 1945-55

Domestic Appliances

1945-1955
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Widows dancing at an OAP's club'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Widows dancing at an OAP's club

Photographs

1970-05
Toilet brush. Part of to the Tippler toilet Y1987.162.

Toilet brush

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Café exterior', showing Snug Café. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Café exterior

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Wasteground near town centre with horse traders'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Wasteground near town centre with horse traders

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club…

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club…

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Street scene in front of an old Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scene in front of an old Methodist hall

Photographs

1970-05
Speedy moisture tester grain scale, made by T. Ashworth & Co. Ltd, Burnley.

Grain scale

Weighing & Measuring

1890-1910
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Respectable splendour'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Bunley, May 1970.

Respectable splendour

Photographs

1970-05
Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05
Silver gelatin photograph 'May 1970. Burnley. Sign outside Salvation Army Hall', photographed by Nick Hedges.

Sign outside Salvation Army Hall

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Advertising sign'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Advertising sign

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a slum clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a slum clearance zone

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Shop window' showing a shoe repair shop. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Shop window

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Disc-jockey at an OAP's dance'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Disc-jockey at an OAP's dance

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'An unposed group relaxing'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

An unposed group relaxing

Photographs

1970-05
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972", taken by Roger Perry in 1973. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "Bizarrely Beautiful", shown in March 1976

Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972

Photographs

1972
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Frontage', showing Dr Connolly surgery. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Frontage

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a clum (sic) clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a clum (sic) clearance zone

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bathroom of a terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Bathroom of a terraced house

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'House front'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

House front

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Exterior of 19th century mill'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Exterior of 19th century mill

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club...

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Superintendant of Public Baths with two assistants'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Superintendant of Public Baths with two assistants

Photographs

1970-05
Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Slum clearance site'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Slum clearance site

Photographs

1970-05
Duckett ‘tipper closet’ by James Duckett and Son Limited, of Burnley, Lancashire; complete with original seat, hinges, collar pipes for water supply and manhole cover access plate with ‘Duckett’ on it, c. 1890s.

Duckett ‘tipper closet’

Domestic Appliances
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Elderly crippled lady at her back door taking the sun'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Elderly crippled lady at her back door taking the sun

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Blackboard sign giving details of local bowling matches; outside a hairdressers'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Blackboard sign giving details of local bowling matches; outside a hairdressers

Photographs

1970-05
Untitled gelatin silver print showing a terraced street with "Coronation Street?" painted on the wall. '. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Sign on mill wall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Sign on mill wall

Photographs

1970-05
One maker's name plate for 'Cooper Bros. Limited Burnley', loom makers. The number '333' has been added in white paint.

Cooper Bros. Ltd. Loom Name Plate

Textile Industry
Two `Speedy Moisture Testers' made by Thomas Ashworth and Co, Burnley, 1950-1960

Speedy Moisture Testers

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1960
Rope twisting machine. Manufactured by Hartley Spencer Ltd, Stanley Street Mill, Burnley.

rope twisting machine

Textile Industry
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Shop front', showing Direct Mill. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Shop front

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'School in the street'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

School in the street

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club...

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Back of Town Hall' showing car park with sign 'Mayor's car only' '. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Back of Town Hall

Photographs

1970-05
Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled

Photographs

1970-05
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Playground'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Playground

Photographs

1970-05
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972" taken by Roger Perry in 1972. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "Bizarrely Beautiful", shown in March 1976

Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972

Photographs

1972