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Atkinson's talcum powder

circa 1951

"Chocolate Whirl" proprietary blow moulded polythene bottle

First genetic fingerprint, 1984.

1984

Photograph of Twycross Zoo's baby gorilla, 'Bonga'

1966-06-21

Cascelloid plastic 'Sqezy' washing-up liquid bottle, 1958.

1958

"Jif" lemon blowmoulded in polythene December

Horse Drawn Hearse

1894
Three cartons of "Surfasutes" emergency surface sutures by A. de St. Dalmas and Co., Ltd., English

Three cartons of "Surfasutes" emergency surface sutures by A. de St. Dalmas and Co.

One photograph [description needed], titled 'Washington Bells Are Made in England'. Caption on back reads: 'Mr. Harold Marcon, supervisor of the tuning department at the John Taylor and Company Bell Foundry at Loughborough, Leicestershire, marks the E natural bell of the 53-bell carillon for Washington Cathedral at present being cast in Loughborough. The 3'10" bell weights 17 1/2 CWT. The 200,000-dollars contract for the carillon is the biggest order the firm has taken since 1936 when 53 bells were cast for the university of Michigan. The National Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C., was begun in 1907. When the bells are hung in it it will be complete'.

Daily Herald Photograph: Bells

1961-07-06
Komet three-quarter hose circular rib knitting machine. Also with some tools, accessories, a catalogue of parts and some knitted samples.

Automatic Circular Knitting Machine, 1923.

1923
A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Bottle Kicking, Hallaton, Leicestershire' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Bottle Kicking, Hallaton, Leicestershire

(circa 1967); 2013
Oral history interview with David Blake conducted and recorded by Brian Clementson at the interviewee's home in Leicestershire on 9 April 2018. Duration: 45 min. 1 sec. Career overview; Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer British Rail: Southern Region; seconded to find £80 million cost savings; looking at possible privatisation of British Rail Engineering Ltd. (BREL); Doncaster Wagon Works sale; Director of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (DM&EE) British Railways Board (BRB); safety; appointed to lead Vendor Unit; role of Vendor Unit; management buyout (MBO) teams; government timescale for privatisation; Franchising Director; restructuring industry outside of passenger businesses to sell; Rail Regulator; EU Directive 91/440 seperation of track from trains; underlying structure for privatisation constructed; discussions over which companies to sell first; British Rail Maintenance Ltd. (BRML); Meldon Quarry; European response to EC Directive 91/440; freight split into separate businesses but impossible to find bidders; impact of privatisation on personal life; negotiation participants and responsibilities; closure of Vendor Unit; retirement; successful sale process; tight timescale; benefits of privatisation

David Blake interviewed by Brian Clementson

2018-04-09
Timetable notice. 1842. Midland Counties Railway.

Timetable, Midland Counties Railway

1842