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Trade card: W.N. Telford

1855

Advertisement for Sweet Briar ready rubbed tobacco, England, 1940-1965

1940-1965

English lever reversing pinion pocket watch with dial

1900

Daily Herald Photograph; Barrel Making

1934-01-12

Willis's odontograph

The Menai Bridge

1826-1840

Glass measuring cylinder, England, 1777

1777

Advertisement for Meadow Gold 'medium' cigarettes, England, 1940-1965

1940-1965

Silver Pocket Watch with Silver Dial by Wrench, 1710-1725

1710-1725

Chester

circa 1957

Santa's gone to lunch

1965-12-16
De Havilland D.H. (H.S.) 125 aircraft, serial no. 25010, built at Chester 1965 (see note)

De Havilland DH. (HS) 125 aircraft

1965
Coloured lithograph. Interior of General Railway Station, Chester. J Gresty, Lith, Chester. (c1850)

Coloured lithograph. Interior of General Railway Station

circa 1850
fitter, turner, Works training school, erecting shop, machine shop, heavy machine shop; background; school; job choices; Works Training School; family influences; attitudes to teaching and learning; skills; travelling; Crewe, Dead Centre; Crewe Works; conditions, hours; clothing, hobnail boots; signing up as fitter/turner; conditions, pay distribution, hours; apology to father; holidays; Bank Holidays; travel passes; train delays; weather, fog; steam locomotives in operation; other trains in operation; Works transport tricks; experiences at Training School; Christmas activities; gambling; rituals before wedding; pranks played at work; pokers; standards; tools, "foreigners"; "smuggling" from Works; redundancy; demise of steam; skills transfers; The Well; d.o.b. 1941-04-25, railway work 1956-1963, Crewe works; Derby works;

Moore, Barry Malcolm

2000-11-22
Pamphlet advertising "Day Tickets to London from Chester (General), trips leaving day from 14th June 1965 until 21st May 1966. Black and white photocopied sheet.

day tickets to london from chester (general)

1965
Analogue C-type print entitled 'Distant woman, Chester' taken by Tom Wood in 1992. This is part of his series of photographs taken on bus journies.

Distant woman, Chester

1992
Two voltage regultors for the home (to encourage domestic energy-saving measure), made by Vphase, Chester, and supporting documents.

Two voltage regultors for the home (to encourage domestic energy-saving measure)

2010
Guidebook, "Chester Historical Attractions 1938", list of attractions and information about excursions, single fold sheet.

Chester Historical Attractions 1938

1938
2 certificates of First Aid, in the name J A Morrey, London Midland & Scottish Railway.

London Midland & Scottish Railway first aid certificates

1927-1928
Letter, from George T. Phizackerley to inspector Pilkington offering his thanks for help with the investiture arrangements, 19th July 1911.

thankyou letter

1911-07-19
Brotherhood's three cylinder hydraulic engine, in section, on base, with a spare valve in section and spanner let into the wood.

Hydraulic motor, 1888

1888
Photograph showing baby gorilla Jason at the Chester Zoo. Caption on front reads: 'Jason the baby gorilla at Chester Zoo who can't settle down and has to go for walks to get to know his surroundings plays with 9 month old Allison Glover watched by keeper Michael Colbourne.' The Sun/Central Press Photos Ltd.

Photograph of baby gorilla Jason meets human baby Allison Glover

1965-08-25
Medal, silver, Co-Op Ambulance Competition, 1912, awarded to John Duff, made by William Walter Cashmore, Chester, 1911.

Silver medal, Co-op Ambulance Competition, 1912

1911
Model steam locomotive, 1/3 scale 7 1/4" gauge, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 2-6-2T No.761 `Taw' working model, prototype built 1897 by Manning Wardle, Leeds, Model built by Milner Engineering, Chester, 1980.

Taw

1980