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Bogie hopper wagon

1953

Phillips Petroleum 100T tank wagon

1970

Diphtheria specimen test kit

1931-1950

Four specimens of wire rope illustrating John Lang's system of wire rope manufacture introduced in 1879

1879-1894

Days Out in Windsor

1986

Red leather case for glass prism

1845-1885

Charles Roberts & Co. wagon drawings

circa 1856-1975

Rectangular glass prism

1845-1885

Fossil Fish Scales

Explore the Blackwater Valley

1987

Daily Herald Photograph: Training young miners

1954-07-01

'Contour d3o' goalkeeping gloves

2006
Model Railway Carriage, approximately 1:8 scale, two half sections of IC250 development prototype on mirrored panels, one in first class and one in second class livery, by Bombardier Transportation, Wakefield, c. 1992.

Model Railway Carriage

1992
Charles Roberts & Co. Engineering drawing register for contract wagon drawings numbered 2000 to 5589

engineering drawing register

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Engineering drawing register for miscellaneous wagon drawings

engineering drawing registers

circa 1856-1975
Four wheel side tipping sewage wagon from Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works, Sheffield. Made by Charles Roberts and Company, Wakefield. Made 1962 and carries the number S50

Four Wheel Side Tipping Sewage Wagon

1962
Materials lists for wagons built to Charles Roberts works order numbers within range 2112 to 2970 (not a continuous series)

papers

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 319/H

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
"Masters of Mass Mobility - Procor" - folder of Procor (UK) Ltd. trade literature including drawing, description and specification of Procor 80 car transporter, illustrations and profiles of Procor tank, pallet and hopper wagons etc., circa 1980. 11.6929 x 8.2677 in.

Masters of Mass Mobility - Procor

1975-1985
Charles Roberts & Co. Rolled engineering drawings for Cartic 4 wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton Class B tank wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton caustic liquor tank wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton Class A tank wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 40 tonne ferry tank wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawings 3784/M, 3785/M and 5169

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous SPL wagon drawings

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range M3127 to M3974

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Safety lamp, Williamson no.7, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: H. Edwards, Wakefield, marking: makers name, 1878-1880

Safety lamp

1878-1880
Safety lamp, Howden and Thresh, Davy type, Argand burner, from Messrs Howden and Thresh, marking: Howden and Thresh patentees, Wakefield, 1859

Mine Safety Lamp, 1859

1859
Safety lamp, Heath and Frost shot-firing, Mueseler type (bonnetted), use shot-firing, maker: H.M. Edwards, Wakefield, 1901

Safety lamp

1901
Poster, CAS Network South East (in conjunction with Gravesham Borough Council), Gravesham Edwardian Fair, Saturday and Sunday 27, 28 June 1987, 1200-1800 Gordon Promenade, Gravesend. Vintage trains, special attractions etc. John Green & Son, wakefield. W12972\B5\14587.

Gravesham Edwardian Fair

1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network East/British Air Ferries, Catch the skyline to Jersey or Guernsey special low through rail-air fares, £60. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W11895\B5\12587. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

skyline to jersey or guernsey poster

1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Days Out in Windsor, Save Money, Travel by Train to Royalty and Empire, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14540/200/221087. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Days Out in Windsor, Save Money, Travel by Train to Royalty and Empire

1987
clerk; traffic; stationmaster; Second World War; nationalisation; reorganisation; childhood; father's job, signalman; family; railway involvement; other industries; Mirfield, Low Moor; school; Golcar Church; childhood; first job, junior clerk, Golcar, travel to work, Golcar; coal from wagons; parcel traffic; other stations, Slaithwaite, Marsden; goods traffic; charging; tickets; auditors; Second World War call-up; wartime relief clerk; return to LMS; Lockwood, Meltham, Hunts Bank Control; YMO, Huddersfield; courtship; marriage; children; appointment as station master, Ravensthorpe; Darton; Station Master's duties; emergencies nationalisation; station master, Church Fenton; station house; coal sales; train working; Church Fenton, RAF, freight, cattle; freight, pigeons; staffing; modernisation; social life; organist; Pontefract, Batley; comparison of Church Fenton and Batley tunnels; Batley; traffic, parcels; closure of GN line; reorganisation; redundancy; move to Wakefield; move to Healey Mills; trade union activity; incident with cattle; reflections on railway career; d.o.b. 1921-07-26; railway work 1937-1982. Golcar; Huddersfield; Darton; Ravensthorpe; Church Fenton; Pontefract; Batley; Wakefield; Healey Mills, Leeds; London Midland & Scottish (LMS); Great Northern (GN). 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Lamb, Leslie

2000-08-25; 2000-08-28
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Shop Portsmouth Commercial Road, Late Night Christmas shopping, travel by Train to Portsmouth and Southsea. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14904/50/21187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

milton keynes model railway society poster

1987
Black and white print of Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct, hauling a train of empty carriages from Carnforth to London, 27 December 1985. The photograph is taken from the back of the train, with the locomotive in the background. Photograph taken by Mr. David Farrar.

Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct

1985-12-27
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Scott Hellewell; childhood; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; unions; management grades; British Rail; other industries; Second World War; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Bradford; Blandford; Morecambe; Darlington; York; Athens; Hamburg; Bonn; Wakefield; Hull; Settle; Carlisle; Manchester; Sheffield; Toronto

Hellewell, Scott

2005-03-03
Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H

Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H

circa 1856-1975
Single cylinder slide valve, horizontal steam engine with trunk guides. Single eccentric, 16inch flywheel, 3 inch bore by 6 inch stroke, with flickering govenor. Made in 1956 for driving the economisers at Bridge Mills, Hadfield. Manufactured by E Green and Son Ltd, Wakefield/Manchester.

horizontal steam engine

Charles Roberts & Co. Gloucester RCWW engineering drawing E2309 (brown copy)

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous SW/DE wagon drawings

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range NA350 onwards

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range M4030 to 4459

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Rolled engineering drawing sketches for various wagons

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range M3011 to M3074

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous RCH wagon drawings

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range G1100 to G1251

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton bulk powder wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 35 ton bulk grain van

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton china clay slurry wagon

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975