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Fair brass data plates and two gauges, on wooden board, from Lyons's steam disinfector, by Manlowe, Alliott and Co., Nottingham, English, 1885-1910

Fair brass data plates and two gauges, on wooden b

Surgery

1880-1885

Sample of machine-embroidered cotton lace, green, raised haemoglobin 8.26 pattern, Witchcraft Lace, designed by H. Webster, Pattern number 5189, repeat 7 x 8.2 cm, made by A. C. Gill Ltd., Nottingham, based on crystallography by Max Perutz. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern.

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group lace, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951-1959

Hanger fitted with swivel bearing.

Kinematics

c. 1883

Photograph colour kit in box, made by Boots Pure Drug Company Limited, containing 9 bottles of liquid colour: pink, yellow, scarlet, green, orange, blue, violet, brown and crimson. Instructions on use and colour mixing are on the underside of the lid

Photograph colour kit made by Boots

Photographic Technology

Box of black paper masks for 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Various shapes including oval, square and round. Boots the Chemists.

Boots printing masks

Photographic Technology

Packet of 20 'Player's Navy Cut' cigarettes manufactured from Navy Cut Tobacco, by John Player and Sons, Castle Tobacco Factory, Nottingham, England, 1920-1950

Packet of 20 'Player's Navy Cut' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Patent specifications - files containing copies of specifications plus notes, correspondence, drawings. ‘Early developments of knitted fabrics with through weft’. Samples of fabric with accompanying letters, notes, diagram etc. From James Morton and other outside firms. Also, trials from Balm Hill. F.N.F. samples of cloth mounted and labelled. No’s 1-19. (From Darvei 1924 – ) Mostly at Nottingham – Balm Hill samples 1928.

Morton Collection: samples of cloth mounted and labelled. No’s 1-19.

Industrial Chemistry

1928

A gelatin silver contact sheet showing nine photographs of 'Nottingham Youth, Teenagers at a Nottingham dance hall', for a John Akass story for the Daily Herald, 29th November 1962.

Nottingham Youth

Photographs

1961-11-02

Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Buxton, The Mountain Spa by S J Lamorna Birch. Depicts a view of the town set in the wider landscape of the Peak District, with a train crossing Duke's Drive Viaduct, with the river gorge in the foreground. Text: The Mountain Spa. By S.J. Lamorna Birch, R.W.S. LMS The Best Way Series No. 37. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

buxton

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1926-1947

Poster, BR CAS South Network South East, Have a great day at Bembom Brothers White Knuckle Theme Park, Margate, until October 1987. speical combined rail admission ticket. Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, Nottingham, W12555\B123687 . Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Bembom Brothers White Knuckle Theme Park, Margate

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1987

Rail riders time chart poster, from 1982.

Rail Riders time charts

Documents

1982

Notice. British Railways/Railway Executive. General Notices, Regulations and Conditions and Notice and Conditions respecting the Carriage of Dangerous Merchandise by Vessels owned or chartered by the Railway Executive. Revised 1953. Black and red text on white background. BR/RE ref: RE53/9. Printed by Willsons, Mount Street, Nottingham. Stuck to card; stained and discoloured.

Notice. British Railways/Railway Executive. General Notices,

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

c.1953

Memo, Great Central and Great Northern Railways, a man who has applied for work with the company is of no use as he has had no experience and is not familiar with railway work.

this man is so use

Documents

Notebook, handwritten, made by ECK Rogers as an aid to his work in the Chief Goods Manager's Office, Nottingham during the 1930s, arranged alphabetically by subject

Notebook, handwritten, made by ECK Rogers as an aid to his w

Documents

1937

Notebook, handwritten, including cuttings, made by ECK Rogers relating to his work in the Nottingham area on goods movement and signalling

Notebook, handwritten, including cuttings, made by ECK Roger

Documents

1939

Poster. Coloured lithograph. Humber Cycles. Ride a Humber and you ride the best. depicts a woman cycling through countryside. Humber Ltd., Coventry. Poster. Paper on board. 61 x 42.5cm

Poster. Coloured lithograph. Humber Cycles. Ride a

Thomas Forman and Sons Limited

1910-1953

Poster. Ride a Raleigh, the All-Steel Bicycle. Depicts a man and a woman each riding a cycle through a field of poppies. Printed by Thomas Forman & Sons, Nottingham. 1910-1953. Lithograph, coloured, edged with metal strips at top and bottom; 75.5 x 43cm

Ride a Raleigh, the All-Steel Bicycle

Thomas Forman and Sons Limited

1910-1953

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway and Cunard White Star, The United States and Canada Link with the East Coast and the Continent, about 1934. Coloured lithograph depicting the London & North Eastern Railway locomotive No 4472 Flying Scotsman, with the superstructure of a liner with three funnels, possibly intended to represent the 'Queen Mary', in the background. Printed by Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd, Nottingham. 1010 x 635mm.

Cunard White Star

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1934

Poster, London & North Western Railway, Isle of Man by Sam J M Brown, view of beach, bay and cliffs, printed by T Forman & Sons, Nottingham, Liverpool & London. 1060 x 670mm.

Isle of Man

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Poster. British Railways (Eastern Region). A New Train. The Morning Talisman, London (King's Cross) to Edinburgh (Waverley), from 17 June. Blue and red text on white background with blue border. BR(ER) ref: PP/39/58. Printed by Stafford and Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham.

Poster. British Railways (Eastern Region). A New Train. The

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Notice. Amber Gate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Byelaws and Regulations. 1850/06. Black text on white background. Printed by T Forman, "Guardian" Office, Nottingham. Conserved and backed.

Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway byelaws

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1850/06

Coloured lithograph.Locomotive ("Locomotion") built by George Stephenson in 1825 and driven on the Stockton and Darlington Line until 1858. Chromolithographed by Yates and Co, Old Radford Works, Nottingham. Published by J Urwin, North Gate, Darlington. 1875.

Locomotion

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1875

BR CAS (South) Network South East poster: 7 Day Rover Tickets valid until 31 October 1987. 7 consecutive days rail travel around the southern countries etc. Illustrations of various sights and locations etc. Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd. W11995 24 April. Presented by British Rail. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

7 Day Rover Tickets

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1987

Lithograph. The Nottingham Railway Station. Drawn by A Parker. Lithographed by G Hawkins, Junior. Printed by Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. Published by W Dearden, Nottingham. 1839/05/16

The Nottingham Railway Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1839-05-16

Application form for saloon accommodation,Great Central Railway, filled out by Mr. Cartwright of the Nottingham Rugby Football Club for transport from Nottingham to Lutterworth on October 19th 1901.

applicaiton for saloon accomodation

Documents

1901

Poster, British Railways (Railway Executive/North Eastern Region), Departure of Trains From This Station. The timetable mentions stations on the Victoria Dock branch line in Hull, including Wilmington, Southcoates, Stepney and Botanic Gardens. Proforma with hand written text and train times, printed by Stafford & Co of Nottingham.

Departure of Trains From This Station

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1962

Poster, Cunard Line and London Midland & Scottish Railway, LMS Express and Cunard Liner, The highest standard of comfort in rail and ocean travel, believed to be by P Erwin Brown, about 1928. Coloured lithograph depicting locomotive No 6100 Royal Scot with a boat train on a dockside, next to a Cunard liner with four funnels. Passengers wait on the adjacent platform. Text in bottom margin reads "Printed in England. Thos Forman & Sons Ltd., Nottingham". Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

LMS Express & Cunard Liner

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1928

Painting. [Bicycle Manufacture] / Cliff Rowe, [1950s]. Bodycolour heightened with black and white, on dark grey; 38.5 x 56 cm. Unsigned. - Manufacture of bicycle parts at the Raleigh Cycle Works, Nottingham.

Bicycle manufacture

Cliff Rowe

1950-1959

Poster, British Rail (Eastern Region), Special Price Holiday Travel, depicting people eating ice creams, printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, 1970. Format: Double Royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Special Price Holiday Travel

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1970

Notice. British Railways (Eastern Region). Passenger Services. York-Sowerby Bridge-Manchester. Withdrawal of passenger train service between York-Castleford-Normanton-Wakfield Kirkgate-Sowerby Bridge-Manchester Victoria, and closure of Horbury and Brighouse for Rastrick Stations to passenger traffic, from 5 January 1970. Blue text on white background. BR(ER) ref: EC1/22-10/69. Printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew (Nottingham) Ltd. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Notice regarding the withdrawal of passenger train service

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1970

Poster, British Railways (Railway Executive/North Eastern Region), Passengers Luggage, 2 examples. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Passengers Luggage

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1952

Notice. British Railways. You May Park Your Car at this Station. (1952?). Stock notice (blank). Blue text on white background. BR ref: RE52/56/BR35014. Printed by Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham.

You may park your car at this station.

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1952

Poster, British Railways (Railway Executive/North Eastern Region), Revision of Fares Outside the London Area, 2 examples, text only, printed by Staffords of Nottingham. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Revision of Fares Outside the London Area

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1952

British Railways poster. Railcard Holders - Please keep your Railcard Handy, We'll need to see it at the ticket barrier and on the train, 1979, slogan 'Have a good trip', top part of poster shows enlarged fronts of BR Student Railcard and Senior Citizen Railcard, ref P40/279, BR24887/8 INDF, printed by Lonsdale and Bartholomew Ltd, Nottingham. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Railcard Holders - Please keep your Railcard Handy

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1979

British Railways poster. West Highland Line - A Line for all Seasons, Glasgow-Oban-Fort William-Mallaig, 1983, ref PMA/B35-01/83-5X, shows a circle with four highland locations including Glenfinnan Viaduct and monument, printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, Nottingham

west highland line

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Book, paper with leather-covered card covers and gold-embossed lettering, Railway Rolling Stock, issued by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., printed by Thomas Forman & Sons, Nottingham, circa 1925. Describes rail vehicles and wheels made by Cammell Laird & Co. and its subsidiaries the Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd., The Leeds Forge Co. and the Newlay Wheel Co. Ltd. Includes Pullman carriages, Sentinel railcars, goods wagons, tank wagons etc. for UK and overseas railway companies. Also includes descriptions of bogies, friction drawgear, "Willison" patent automatic central buffer couplers, wheels and axles.

Railway Rolling Stock

Documents

1920-1930

Poster, British Rail (Intercity), Intercity makes the going easy to Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle, depicting a train travelling on track, car being eaten by serpent, printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, 1970. Format: Double Royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Intercity makes the going easy to Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1970

Timetable, Cook's Continental Time-Table and Air Services Guide, August 1937. pp.540

Cook's Continental Time-Table and Air Services Guide

Documents

1937

Brochure,Sealink, "Guernsey Jersey '83", front cover with photograph of toddlers playing on the beach, inside has information pertaining to fares, timetables and inclusive holidays, while back cover is illustrated by a photograph of a boat, printed by Chromoworks Limited, Nottingham, 1983.

guernsey jersey '83

Documents

1983

BR(ER) leaflet. Combined Road and Rail Tour - Deeside (via Perth and Aberdeen) from King's Cross and Grantham. Departures on Friday 25th May. Three fold leaflet printed in green, BR reference number 35008/2.

Combined Road and Rail Tour Deeside (via Perth and Aberdeen)

Documents

Poster, British Railways (Railway Executive/North Eastern Region), Ireland ; Steamer Reservations for Summer Holidays, 2 examples, printed by Staffords of Nottingham. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Ireland ; Steamer Reservations for Summer Holidays

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1953

Poster, British Railways (Railway Executive/London Midland Region), Sleeping Car Service Between London & Leeds, 2 examples, text only, printed by Stafford & Co. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Sleeping Car Service Between London & Leeds

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1951

Poster, British Railways, Freedom of Scotland Rail Tickets, 1983. Photograph depicting a Scottish highland scene, with a small child at the side of a fast flowing river and snow-capped mountains in the background. Superimposed on the photograph are two flags, one with the main text and the lower one giving details of second class tickets available between 9th January and 31st December 1983, a 'silver' pass for seven days at £30, and a 'gold' pass for fourteen days at £44. Beneath the fares are the words "Scotland's for me" and a rainbow logo. At the base of the posters are illustrations of the Class 87 electric locomotive No 87014 and an InterCity 125 High Speed Train. Beneath is the slogan "This is the age of the train" and the British Rail 'double arrow' logo. Reference PM19/B-10-01/83-2M. Printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, Nottingham

Freedom of Scotland Rail Tickets

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1982

Handbill, Great Northern Railway 'Stamford' advertising the half day excursion with prices, Printed by Stennets, Nottingham, 1901.

Stamford

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1901

Rail riders time chart poster, from 1982.

Rail Riders time charts

Documents

1982

Poster, British Railways (London Midland Region), Dublin, Nightly from Holyhead, by A J Wilson, depicting a collage of five city sights, printed by Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham LM 21759. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Dublin, Nightly from Holyhead

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1960

Rail riders time chart poster, from 1982.

Rail Riders time charts

Documents

1982

Calendar, "French Regional Cooking and Crafts", published by British Transport Hotels, 1964, illustrated by Eric Fraser, with recipes by Ambrose Heath, printed by Thos. Forman of Nottingham.

British Transport Hotels Calendar

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1964

Poster. Offset coloured lithograph. Why can't we have an easy running cycle like - the Hercules by Lawson Wood. Depicts two chimps on a toy cycle with laughing pigs in background and an illustration of the Hercules cycle. Hercules Cycle and Motor Co. Ltd., Britannia Works, Aston, Birmingham. Printed by Howitt Offset, Nottingham. 1910-1953, 30 x 20 inches, 76 x 51 cm

Why can't we have an easy running cycle like - the Hercules

Lawson Wood

1910-1953