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Bogie hopper wagon

1953

Phillips Petroleum 100T tank wagon

1970

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

1879-1894

Red leather case for glass prism

1845-1885

Diphtheria specimen test kit

1931-1950

Days Out in Windsor

1986

Charles Roberts & Co. wagon drawings

circa 1856-1975

Rectangular glass prism

1845-1885

Explore the Blackwater Valley

1987

Daily Herald Photograph: Training young miners

1954-07-01

Fossil Fish Scales

'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

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

Model tank wagon, scale 1:6, ebonite-lined for conveying hydrochloric acid, 1924.

Model tank wagon

1924

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

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

Charles Roberts & Co. Engineering drawing register for miscellaneous wagon drawings

engineering drawing registers

circa 1856-1975

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

engineering drawing register

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

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, 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

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

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

Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 319/H

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975

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

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

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

engineering drawings

circa 1856-1975

Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H

Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H

circa 1856-1975

Wagon solebar plate, "Chas Roberts & Co Ltd. Builders 1925, Wakefield". Cast iron rectangular, curlicued, white on black.

Chas Roberts & Co solebar plate

1925

Photographs, a collection of thirty-three albums, each approximately 315 x 268 x 70 mm, card or hardboard covers, containing a total of approximately 2165 silver gelatin photographic prints up to 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 ins. Featuring newly completed or refurbished railway carriages, wagons, vans and road vehicles and the workshops at Charles Roberts & Company's Horbury works, Wakefield, Yorkshire, c 1925 - 1964. The photographs are glued to proforma pages, most with ink captions. The work of official photographers employed by Charles Roberts & Company.

Charles Roberts photograph album collection

1925-circa 1964

Letter from Thos B (Loxley?), Secretary, the Yorkshire Railway Waggon Company Limited, Wakefield, to Messrs Shaw & Shaw, Milnsbridge, concerning the hire of wagons. 23 December 1896. 1 document.

Yorkshire Railway Waggon Company Limited Letter

1896

Safety lamp, Garforth, Mueseler type (bonnetted), use: gas detecting, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines 1879-86, maker: H.M. Edwards, Wakefield, marking: makers name, 1884

Safety lamp

footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; dieselisation; East Coast mainline; childhood; starting work for LMS; Second World War; cleaner, training; bar lad; steam raiser; pass cleaner; fireman; training, qualifying, trade union; Bob Keen (Inspector); shunt engine; conditions, work rate; freight; firing technique; fireman tasks; steam raiser tasks; conditions, hours, shifts, pay, jobs, Holyhead Mail, rota, routes; derailment; Cyril Machin, driver; weather, fog; learning the road; Billy Walker, driver; social life; conditions, hours, pay; community; pass fireman c. 1954-65, qualifying, driving; Healey Mills depot, freight, diesel locomotives; motivation; conditions; shifts; role of fireman, diesel locomotives; runaway train, Burton Salmon, Manchester; Holbeck Leeds, 1969; express depot; freight driver; passenger driver; health; divorce; shunt engine driver, Holbeck Shed Yard; mainline 1983; retraining; High Speed Train (HST) 125; remarriage; second driver; passenger express mainline to London; single manning; signalling incident, Barkston Junction; Bob Urie; attitude; weather; fog; speed controller; training, electric locomotives; train arrangement; train breakdown; experiences on Leeds-London (1983-1993); TV crew; ambition; conditions; steam locomotives; retirement; d.o.b.1929-04-10; railway work 1929-1993. Leeds; Liverpool Lime Street-Hillstown. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Crew, David

2000-05-30

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

papers

circa 1856-1975

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 poster, Getting to Heathrow is plane simple with the Woking-Heathrow railair coach link. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W11859\B5\11587. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Getting to Heathrow

1987

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.

shop portsmouth commercial road poster

1987

Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Country Season Tickets ... Save Money Save Time, Travel Free Weekends. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W15060/B1/171187.

Country Season Tickets

1987

Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Wessex Electrics Progress Report No 2, text, photographs and map. John Green & SOn, Wakefield. W15130/A250/301187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

wessex electrics poster

1987

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