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Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

1880-1940

Firgrove Mill Steam Engine

Firgrove Mill Steam Engine

1907

Durn Mill Steam Engine

Durn Mill Steam Engine

1864

Gas-filled vacuum recloser type GVR serial no. GVRB 13000997

Gas-filled vacuum recloser type GVR serial no. GVRB 13000997

1997

Woodcutting Machine

Woodcutting Machine

Carter's Improved High Speed Type Bench Braiding Machine.

Carter's Improved High Speed Type Bench Braiding Machine.

Spectacles

Spectacles

1925-1935

Part of smallware warping machine. Has 4 rollers in central section

Part of smallware warping machine. Has 4 rollers in central section

1900-1950

Watson electric slotter

Watson electric slotter

1900

Flour calculating slide rule, c 1910.

Flour calculating slide rule, c 1910.

circa 1910

Steam Engine Component

Steam Engine Component

1907

Steam Engine Component

Steam Engine Component

1907

lancashire beamer parts; roller mechanism

lancashire beamer parts; roller mechanism

beaming machine parts; long wood rectangular frame with iron grille insert.

beaming machine parts; long wood rectangular frame with iron grille insert.

Bobbin Winder

Bobbin Winder

1880-1920

Textile machine parts

Textile machine parts

1900-1950

Spare nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

Spare nose cone of Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE

1985

lancashire beamer parts

lancashire beamer parts

Cross Ball Warping Machine Component

Cross Ball Warping Machine Component

1900-1950

Cross Ball Warping Machine

Cross Ball Warping Machine

1900-1950

Metal creel for Bobbin winder manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd. Used by Courtaulds Ltd

Metal creel for Bobbin winder manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd. Used by Courtaulds Ltd

1880-1920

Part of transversing section of smallware warping machine. Made by William Hurst and Co

Part of transversing section of smallware warping machine. Made by William Hurst and Co

1900-1950

Part of Frame of Lancashire Beamer

Part of Frame of Lancashire Beamer

Sample of Belting.

Sample of Belting.

1935

Sample of Belting.

Sample of Belting.

1935

Daily Herald Photograph: Adjusting cotton reels on spinning machine

Daily Herald Photograph: Adjusting cotton reels on spinning machine

1947

W.Tatham Ltd nameplate

W.Tatham Ltd nameplate

1935

Model (scale 1:8) of a wool washing machine made by John & William McNaught

Model (scale 1:8) of a wool washing machine made by John & William McNaught

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft

1985

Flywheel oiler for the Firgrove Mill steam engine.

Flywheel oiler for Firgrove Mill steam engine

1907

Governor regulator for Firgrove Mill steam engine.

Firgrove Mill Steam Engine governor regulator

1907

Daily Herald photograph by Spencer showing dancers at the Carlton Ballroom, Rochdale.

Dancers at the Carlton Ballroom, Rochdale

1961-05-03

Cross Ball Warping Machine in two parts. Manufactured by Thomas Holt, early to mid 20th century. Used at Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Cross ball warping machine

1900-1950

A letter from James Chadwick to the London and North Western railway company secretary about the insane competition the LNWR has with the Great Northern Railway which the author thought was over. However he has since seen an advertisement in the Times and on leaflets being distributed on a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway that suggest the contrary, 25th February 1856.

Insane competition

1856-02-25

Bobbin winder for winding off ring tubes onto double ended bobbins, shortened to 22 bobbins each side. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd. Used by Courtaulds Lts, at Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury. Late 19th - early 20th century.

Bobbin Winder

1880-1920

Two samples of beltings:- 1 strip, 8" x 3", with red edges (RB.75, foldless type); 1 strip, 8"x5", black (RB.71, folded type)

Two Samples of Beltings.

1935

Transversing section of smallware warping machine and box of parts. Made by William Hurst and Co, Rochdale, early to mid 20th century.

Transversing section of warping machine

1900-1950

Nut deskinner by William Brierley, Collier & Hartley Ltd, Rochdale, England, 1920-1939; used by the Company Burton, Son and Sanders, Ipswich, specialist manufacturers of intermediate ingredients for the bakery trade, 1920-1992

Nut Deskinner by William Brierley

1920-1939

Lancashire beamer for winding bobbins on a 'V' creel onto beams ready for sizing or the loom. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. early to mid 20th century. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Lancashire Beamer

1900-1950

Wooden components from creel of lancashire beaming machine. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Components of creel of Lancashire Beaming Machine

Drum from Lancashire beamer. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

drum

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft made by Mainair Sports Ltd, Rochdale, Hiway Hang Gliders Ltd, Brighton, with wing made by Flexiform, Oldham, c.1985

Tri-Flier/Hiway Demon 175 G-MJXE microlight aircraft

1985

Metal components from creel of lancashire beaming machine. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Components of creel of Lancashire Beaming Machine

'V' creel of lancashire beaming machine. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Components of creel of Lancashire Beaming Machine

Pallet of beaming frame parts, including bars, cogs, and frame slats (possibly) with brass knobs. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

beamer parts

Creel of lancashire beaming machine. Manufactured by Thomas Holt Ltd, Rochdale. Used at Courtaulds Ltd, from Foxsons Mill, Dewsbury.

Creel of Lancashire Beaming Machine

Textile machine parts in two Really Useful Boxes, one metal box and on pallet. One box of metal needles in Really Useful box. One box of metal cylinders and parts in Really Useful box. One metal box of metal parts most likely from the Lancashire beamer. Loose metal parts on pallet most likely associated with the Lancashire Beamer and the Cross Ball warping machine. Thomas Holt measuring dial most likely from Cross ball warping machine. Early to mid 20th century.

Textile machine parts in two Really Useful Boxes

1900-1950

One photograph showing a woman adjusting cotton fibre on a machine. Caption on the back reads: ‘Arrow Mill, Rochdale. Here is demonstrated the spinning of “Fibre” on standard spinning machinery.’

Daily Herald Photograph: Adjusting cotton fibre on spinning machine

1930-1950

Watch movement.

Watch movement

1760

Model (scale 1:4) of wool drying machine by John & William McNaught, Rochdale, Manchester, England, the original having been made around 1914.

Model (scale 1:4) of wool drying machine by John & William McNaught

1914