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Vial of Hexanitrodiphenylamine (1g)

1940-1960

Sod. phosphate

1900-1980

Sod. phosphate

1900-1980

Pot. diodate

1900-1980

Tungstophosphoric acid

1900-1980

Silver iodate

1900-1980

Mercury immersion thermometer

1950-1989

BDH Spot Test Outfit Kit

Gas detector

circa 1985

Spot Test Outfit in wooden case

1900-1980

Pot.chromate

1900-1980

Magnesium Fluoride, used by Horace Dall

4-Chloro-m-Cresol

1900-1980

Lactose

1900-1980

Galactose

1900-1980

Papain

1900-1980

Chemical reagent

8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1967 in Poole, Dorset. Filmmaker's description of the content: Friday evening, 7th July 1967, 2 days before steam finished on Southern Region, Class 5 crosses Poole High Street; Gates open; Towngate Street level crossing box, Poole; Gates close; Train passes; Gates open; 34013 Okehampton enters Poole station and departs; High Street crossing box, Poole; Gates close; 35003 Royal Mail approaches and passes; 34095 Brentor crosses Poole High Street (taken from Wimpy Bar); 34004 Yeovil at Branksome; Fireman places lamp; Reverses and disappears back to Shed. Reel K. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel may have been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel K

1967

Cable mill for manufacturing lightweight submarine coaxial cable, ca. 1980, made for Standard Telephones and Cables PLC by Alexander and Samways Ltd., Poole, Dorset

Cable mill for manufacturing lightweight submarine coaxial cable

1980-1989

Vial of Hexanitrodiphenylamine (1g) from a BDH spot test kit, made by British Drug Houses Ltd (Laboratory Chemicals Group), Poole, England

Vial of Hexanitrodiphenylamine (1g) from a BDH spot test kit

BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd., Poole, 1940-1960

BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd.

1940-1960

Wooden box for BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd., Poole, 1940-1960

Wooden box for BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd.

1940-1960

Wooden case and 27 vials containing different reagents from a BDH spot test kit, made by British Drug Houses Ltd (Laboratory Chemicals Group), Poole, England

Wooden case and 27 vials containing different reagents from a BDH spot test kit

Boxed set of phenol red "Capillators", pH range 6.8 to 8.4, made by the British Drug Houses, Poole, Dorset, 1965

Boxed set of phenol red "Capillators"

1965

The B.D.H. Capillator, dated 5 March 1959. 4 cards, range pH4-pH11 with three rubber teats, but no capillaries (tubes)

The B.D.H. Capillator

1900-1980

Model railway passenger train set, Masterpieces in Miniature, N gauge, comprising British Railways 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class No 35001, 4 Pullman coaches, engine shed, signal box, station, 2 houses, 3 platforms and ramps, 2 canopies, 12 curves, 10 straights, 2 points, controller and layout plan, boxed by Graham Farish, Poole, England, (No 8511). Overall (box): 360 mm x 790 mm x 59 mm, 2.64kg.

Masterpieces in Miniature Passenger Train Set

1982

One photograph titled 'Banana-Shaped Eggs'. Photograph shows chickens belonging to poultry farmer Wilfred Waterman suspected of laying 'banana' shaped eggs.

Daily Herald Photograph: Poultry Farm

1957-02-22

Vial of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (1g) from a BDH Spot-Test Kit, made by British Drug Houses Ltd (Laboratory Chemicals Group), Poole, England

Vial of 2

Vial of 11 Diphenyl-carbazide (1g) from a BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd., Poole, 1940-1960

Vial of 11 Diphenyl-carbazide (1g) from a BDH spot test outfit by BDH Chemicals Ltd.

1940-1960

Vial of Picrolonic acid (1g) from a BDH spot test kit, made by British Drug Houses Ltd (Laboratory Chemicals Group), Poole, England

Vial of Picrolonic acid (1g) from a BDH spot test kit

Cupric acetate

1900-1980

Selenium dioxide

Selenium dioxide

1900-1980

footplate, cleaner, fireman; Longmoor Military Railway; Royal Engineers; docket clerk; school; junior clerk (1940); Southern Railway, East Croydon; stores, New Cross Gate; footplate experience; cleaner (1947); Norwood Junction; temporary fireman; army (1942-47), Royal Engineers, Longmoor military railway; cleaner, LNER, Hull, relief fireman, knocker-up; bonus working; colliery traffic; Hull-Barnsley lines; Austerity locomotives; transfer, Southern Region, Bournemouth (1950); Eastern Region, Selby, Darlington (1958); docket clerk; rostering; boss (Jasper); Darlington, A3 locomotives; end of railway career (1961); d.o.b. 1925-07-19. railway work 1940-1961. East Croydon; Hull; Bournemouth; Darlington.

Worsfold, Basil George (Bert)

2000-07-06

Electronic hand-held detonator, L3A2, marked SHRIKE, BDL Systems, Poole, England, in cloth carrying case with velcrose fastenings. HMS Harwell no 00084, 1974-1996.

Electronic hand-held detonator

1974-1996