Search our collection

Clear all filters
Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Daily Herald Photograph: Woman feeding chickens, East Sussex Agricultural School

Daily Herald Photograph: Woman feeding chickens, East Sussex Agricultural School

1950-03-31
Surgical set to treat trichiasis

Surgical set to treat trichiasis

2017
Moorfields suture forceps (F-163) made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Moorfields suture forceps (F-163) made by Collton Hailshim

2017
Trabut lid plate (M-223) made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Trabut lid plate for trichiasis surgery

2017
Strabismus straight scissors (11-690-11) made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Strabismus scissors for trichasis surgery

2017
Straight pair of Mosquito forceps (F-101s), made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Mosquito forceps used for trichiasis surgery

2017
Straight pair of Mosquito forceps (F-101s), made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Mosquito forceps used for trichiasis surgery

2017
Suture and dissecting forceps with serrated ends (F-165), made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Suture forceps

2017
Silcock needleholder (N-242) made by made by Collton Hailshim, Pevensey, East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2017, from a set of tools needed for trichiasis and trachoma surgery

Silcock needleholder for trichiasis surgery

2017
Oral history interview with Graham Eccles, conducted and recorded by Mike Hodson in East Sussex on 17 April 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 42 min. 43 sec. Early career; Margaret Thatcher delay meeting; mentored by Gordon Pettitt; sectorisation; Chris Green; John Prideaux; General Manager of Southern Region and Anglia Region; privatisation model; London, Tilbury & Southend ticket fraud; South Central sale; John Welsby; bus companies prior experience of privatisation; Peter Field at South Western partnership with Compagnie Generale des Eaux (CGE) (Connex); Brian Souter; Stagecoach; Connex; privatisation model seen as flawed; separation of track and trains; reflections on Stagecoach; acquisition of Porterbrook rolling stock company (ROSCO); appointment of Geoff Mee; leading Stagecoach bids for subsequent franchises; Island Line; South West Trains (SWT); Operations Director SWT; driver shortage; Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) exploit industry structure to increase pay; profits driven by passenger numbers; Chief Operating Officer Rail Stagecoach Group; Non-Executive Director Network Rail; acquisition of Porterbrook; ROSCOs successfully privatised; fares innovation; unaligned objectives and directions; separation of track and trains remains unresolved; advising on the 2005 Transport Act; working at No.10 Downing Street Delivery Unit; Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC); quality of management; improvements in South West Trains; measuring success; facilitating change to Network Rail; rail privatisation overseas

Graham Eccles interviewed by Mike Hodson

2018-04-17
Representative sample of the equipment used for maintaining the Greenwich Time Service from about 1965 to 1990 comprising six racks of electronic equipment, two end doors, five rear doors, three covers, printer and sign.

Equipment used for maintaining the Greenwich Time Service, 1965.

1965-1970
Oral history interview with Christopher Jago, conducted and recorded by Mike Hodson at the interviewee's home in East Sussex on 19 June 2018. Duration: 56 min. 13 sec. Early career; Network SouthEast (NSE); Railtrack; Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL); privatisation briefing; proposed structure seen as overly complex; Director of Restructuring; new structure placed excessive demands on engineer staffing; Hatfield accident; Network SouthEast restructuring process; post-privatisation issues; re-branding during privatisation; performance regimes; no incentive for train operating companies (TOCs) to mitigate delay; setting up Railtrack South; benefits of privatisation; NSE budget constraints; Railtrack transition into private ownership; effects of privatisation; Railtrack in Administration; shareholders; CTRL; summary of privatisation

Christopher Jago interviewed by Mike Hodson

2018-06-19
Oral history interview with Peter Trewin, conducted and recorded by Dick Fearn at Sheffield Park, East Sussex on 1 June 2018. Duration: 59 min. 24 sec. Overview of railway career; initial thoughts in privatisation; Policy Unit; influencing and steering privatisation; EC Directive 91/440; formation of Railtrack; meeting with John MacGregor (Secretary of State for Transport); Bob Reid 2’s tenure; Select Committee Report; appointment of Bob Horton; British Railways Board (BRB) and Railtrack Board relationship; role at BRB Residuary; Railfreight Distribution (RFD); formation of Strategic Rail Authority (SRA); responsibility for Channel Tunnel contract; role of Board Secretary

Peter Trewin interviewed by Dick Fearn

2018-06-01
Binkhorst iridocapsular intraocular lens

Binkhorst iridocapsular intraocular lens

1965
Ridley Tripod Mk II intraocular lens

Ridley Tripod Mk II intraocular lens

1960
Federov iris clip intraocular lens

Federov iris clip intraocular lens

1965
Binkhorst iris clip intraocular lens

Binkhorst iris clip intraocular lens

1957
Exhibition model of a Choyce Mk I, 1956, intraocular lens

Exhibition model of a Choyce Mk I

1956
Two Choyce Mk V intraocular lenses, one coloured, one clear

Two Choyce Mk V intraocular lenses

circa 1970
Choyce Mk V intraocular lens, coloured optic

Choyce Mk V intraocular lens, coloured optic

circa 1970