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Place of origin
Date

British Railways Presflo cement wagon

1961

wagon solebar plate

Roll of Tactel nylon thread

1997

Undercarriage Leg and Wheel Assembly for Airbus A340 Aircraft

1994-1995

Guinea balance in case

1753-1754

"Heathkit" laboratory oscilloscope by Daystrom Ltd.

1950-1974

Daily Herald Photograph: Agricultural Show, A Boy and his Dog

1948-06-09

Bellows' cylindrical wages calculator with box

circa 1870

Steel extrusion die and back spacer used to make aluminium extrusions for a ladder

1996

Heathkit radio-frequency signal generator model RF1U by Daystrom Limited

1960-1984

"Counterfeit Coin Detector", 1753

1753-1754

Shergold Safety Bicycle by Thomas Shergold

1878

‘Common Sense Eating for rheumatism’, pamphlet, Gloucester, England, 1930-1940

1930-1940

Daily Herald Photograph; Basket Making

1963-11-14

Locomotive shed plate, cast iron, Midland Railway, No 7 (Gloucester).

Shed plate, Midland Railway

Wagon solebar plate, cast iron, Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.

Wagon solebar plate

Beer bottle, 'Cheltenham Flyer Ale' made by Whitbread & Co PLC, Gloucester. Best before 10/1985. Bottle full of liquid. Made for Great Western Railway 150 year anniversary. Overall: 237 mm x 56 mm.

Commemorative bottle of Cheltenham Flyer Ale - GWR 150 Years

1985

MCC 9.5mm cine camera. Taylor Hobson Anastigmat lens F:2.3mm, f2.5. Patent No 155640. Miller Cine Co Ltd.

MCC 9.5mm Cine Camera

1935

Albumen print: Gloucester

Gloucester

Two-stage expansion launch engine with cylinders 5 1/2" x 8" diam x 5 1/2" stroke, on wood blocks, by W. Sissons and Co. Limited, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, 1907-1908

Two-stage expansion launch engine with cylinders 5 1/2" x 8" diam x 5 1/2" stroke

1907-1908

NHS display set of adult and children's spectacle frames in glazed, wooden frame, by Norville Optical Company Limited, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, 1983

NHS display set of adult and children's spectacle frames

1983

Class 300 stainless steel ball valve, made by Serck Jamesbury Ltd., Gloucester, c.1965, sectioned to show PTFE valve seating, on wooden stand

Class 300 stainless steel ball valve

1965

'Vidi' prescription mask, for wet suit, by Norville Optical Company Limited, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, 1981

'Vidi' prescription mask

1981

Fielding high speed rotary engine, built by Fielding & Platt, hydraulic engineers of Gloucester

Fielding high speed rotary engine

c1885

A colour transparency of the exterior of Chard and Sons Bookshop, Gloucester, photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977.

Chard and Sons

circa 1977

Miller 9.5mm camera. Ross Telephoto lens x2, F=3 inch f/3.5. Serial No 132153. Miller Cine Co Ltd.

Miller 9.5mm Cine Camera

1935

Lithograph (with decorative border). The Locomotive "Actaeon" after its boiler exploded in Gloucester Station Yard, close to the water tank, on 7 February 1855. (John Brown, Driver). "Actaeon" was a GWR 'Firefly' class 2-2-2, built 1841. (see C.H.Hewison 'Locomotive Boiler Explosions', p.38-39).

Actaeon Locomotive after its boiler exploded

1855

Demonstration model of hydrocyclone, used for oil/water separation, circa 1984 technology, model 1993 make, by Vortoil Separation Systems

Demonstration model of hydrocyclone

1993

Hydraulic Unit for Effecting Adjustment of Control Fins as used on the RAE RTV 2 (rocket test vehicle) and Shorts GPV (general purpose vehicle).

Hydraulic Unit for Effecting Adjustment of Control Fins as used on the RAE RTV 2