Komet three-quarter hose circular rib knitting machine. Automatic circular knitting machine, 1923 1923
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
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.
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
Horse-drawn hearse, 1894, owned by the Briers family in Whitwick, Leicester. The word ‘hearse’ has its origins in the 17th Century; however the horse-drawn hearse or funeral coach became increasingly important in the Victorian era. Cemeteries were more commonly located on the outskirts of towns and they were the most convenient way to transport the coffin. It was also during this time that the funeral coach began to become more elaborate as the size and splendour of a funeral reflected social standing. Horse-drawn hearses are still used in large funerals today, though they began to phase out of general use in the early 1900s. The first motorised hearses were electric with a petrol powered hearse soon following in 1909. Horse Drawn Hearse 1894