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Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

1934

Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

1902

Arab II 'Utility' bus

1943

Enlarging exposure meter in box with instructions

circa 1945

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Tandy & Bailey Wolverhampton"

1830

Iron Weight

1910-130

Hydraulic Pump

Early Sunbeam Sports Bicycle

1933

Dental key

1835-1850

Turner Yeoman diesel tractor, 1949-1957.

April 1952

Dynamo Direct Current Generator

1902

Tappan electric cooking range. This cooker was owned by John Banks

Early 1960s

Weight

1910-1930

Crane Foundry Iron weight

1880-1920

Periflex camera

1949-1959

NEI Thompson

1984

Tilting tea-kettle, heated by metal slug

1845

Cramp for laying floor-boards

electricity generator

Carte de visite of John Putnam

1860-1888

Crotchet, obstetrical, blunt hook

1830-1900

Artery forceps

1880-1920

Artery forceps

1880-1920
Notice, enamel, red lettering on white ground, London & South Western Railway, `Danger. Don't Touch Conductor Rails', by Chromo, Wolverhampton. Dimensions: 318 x 248 in (8077.2 x 6299.2 mm).

Warning notice, London & South Western Railway

Locomotive Worksplate, Bishops Castle Railway, "Bishops Castle Railway No.1", red and brass oval, (replica cast from S.P. Higgins original).

Bishops Castle worksplate

1969
Litter bin, British Railways. "Tidy Egg", yellow plastic egg-shaped litter bin marked "Travellers Fare" from BR Buffet Car. Manufactured for British Rail by Andrews Group of Companies, Wolverhampton, England. Overall: 457 mm x 354 mm x 160 mm.

Tidy Egg litter bin, BR Buffet Car

Map, enamelled steel, `The Cornish Riviera', GWR, 1900-1940. Maximum sunshine. Englands health and pleasure resort. Chromo, Wolverhampton.

Map, The Cornish Riviera

1900-1940
Marston Golden Sunbeam bicycle, 1906-1907 fitted with 2-speed epicyclic gear patent 6683/1904

Golden Sunbeam bicycle

1906-1907
Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or plates. Fitted with a Corfield Lumax lens F: 95mm f/3.5-22 No.2212334, helical focusing. Lens made in West Germany. Three point bayonet mount. Focal plane shutter 10/15/20/30/40/60/75/125/250/500/B. Single knob winds on shutter, drops mirror and works counter. Mirror can be locked in up position. Ground glass focusing screen with detachable hood and magnifier. Rada type rollfilm back. No. AA00277. K G Corfield Limited. 1962

Corfield 66 Reflex Camera

1962
The Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera. Periscope focusing. Fitted with a Lumax F.2 50mm f.1 lens in interchangeable mount. Focal plane shutter with speeds 1 sec 1/200sec B. & T. Metal construction with black leather cover. c.1958

Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera

1958
Corfield Lumimeter. Comparison photometer for enlarging. Sliding light source, tissue screen (decomposed), back lit by reflection. In carton with instructions.

Corfield Lumimeter

Testing set for a six-shot exploder, coal mining use. Made by Marston Excelsior Ltd. shot-firing apparatus.

Coal mining testing set

Elwell-Parker 2 pole open-pattern dynamo with drum armature, no.1613 complete with track for belt tensioning 60 volts 15 amps D C output at 1200 rpm. Made by Electric Construction Corporation Ltd. Wolverhampton

Elwell-Parker 2 pole open-pattern dynamo with drum armature

Seagull outboard motor, serial possibly OA no. 03643 by John Marston, Wolverhampton; likely made 1935

Seagull Outboard Motor

circa 1935
A Kodachrome 35mm slide taken by Tony Ray-Jones for an article on English eccentrics, 'Happy Extremists'. The photograph was published in the 'Sunday Times Magazine', 18 October 1970.

Cyril Clifft - the dogs' house

1970
key, Gibbons of Wolverhampton.

Small key

Original 16mm colour footage, filmed and edited by Dr Charles Waine, around 1960-1965. According to a note by the filmmaker, the footage was shot at 16 fps and 24 fps. Most of the shots are taken from the lineside or from a bridge looking over the tracks, and features steam trains. Some shots show permanent way workers and track laying work. 200 feet of footage on 400 feet reel. Approximately 8 minutes.

Original 16 mm film 'Railway: Western region. Albrighton, Hatton junction. Remainder Albrighton-Codsall. Track laying etc. 1960 to about 1965'

1960-1965
Experimental port taileron flap control, type 489 Exp 3A. Probably for TSR2.

Experimental Port Taileron Flap Control

"Beethoven" Dynamo condenser exploder, ICI, in leather case, coal mining use.

Dynamo condenser exploder, ICI

Cardboard box, contains packets of express powders for headaches, influenza etc made by Reade Brothers and Co. Ltd. of Wolverhampton, English, 1920-1950

Cardboard box

1920-1950
Starter switchgear unit by Contractor Switchgear Ltd made in Wolverhampton. Patent number 657164, serial number 1T11058. Used with J&E Hall Limited Compound Ammonia Compressor, made c.1961.

Electrical Cabinet by Contractor Switchgear Ltd

circa 1961
Low voltage experimental power unit made by Chloride Legg Ltd, Ford House Road, Wolverhampton. Approximately 710mm high, 450mm deep, 530mm wide. Input 240v 50Hz single phase, output 0-14V at 40A, 14-18V at 32A. Serial no.300825 (1980-1990)

Low voltage experimental power unit made by Chloride Legg Ltd

1980-1990
One photograph titled 'Brussels keep on sprouting'. Caption on the back reads; 'Mr. T. R. Barnett picks some Brussle sprouts in his garden at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, from a plant which has grown to 6ft 3in high and which has already yielded him four pounds of sprouts. Jack may have used magic beans to grow his giant pantomine beanstalk but Mr. Barnett thinks that the secret of his plant's growth is the manure of hop mash from a local brewery.' A stamp on the back reads: 'Comprehensive Service'.

Daily Herald Photograph: Brussel sprouts from large beanstalk

1957-12-30
Locomotive cabside number plate, brass, Bishop's Castle Railway No1, ex Great Western Railway "517" Class 0-4-2 tank locomotive, No 567, built Wolverhampton, 12/1869, transferred to Bishop's Castle Railway 8/1905, scrapped 6/1936.

bishop's castle railway cabside number plate

1869
Villiers free wheel for bicycle, with celluloid plate to show bearing etc. Made by the Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., c. 1923. Mounted in lined case.

Bicycle wheel

1918-1928
D.K.R. Capella motor scooter, 1961. Due to traffic congestion, high fuel costs and inadequate parking the motor scooter was becoming increasingly popular in Europe in the late 1950s. D.K.R Scooters Ltd started producing scooters in 1957, and in 1961 they brought out the Capella. The Capella was given a new style and body work and replaced most of DKR’s other models. The Capella’s basic design is typical of many of the scooters being produced in the 1960s while scooters and mopeds were reaching their peak of popularity. The growing scooter culture is illustrated by the production of the ‘Scooter Weekly’ supplement to the magazine ‘Motorcycling’. The Capella ran for five years until DKR Scooters ceased production in 1966.

D.K.R Capella Motor Scooter

1961
Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 100 Sonalgin tablets (butobarbitone). 95 mm x 50 mm diameter, 187 g. Dispensed by Rimmer the chemist, Wolverhampton, 1960-1980.

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 100 Sonalgin tablets (butobarbitone). 95 mm x 50 mm diameter

1960-1980
Electric time-lock by Chubb's, 1970. Consists of main body of lock; steel bolt; rubber cap for end of bolt; battery and two keys on a keyring.

Electric time-lock by Chubb's

1970
FAG (5-inch) slide rule with leather sleeve by Fischer Bearing Compant Limited, Wolverhampton

FAG (5-inch) slide rule with leather sleeve by Fischer Bearing Compant Limited

1950-1960
Photograph, silver gelatin print, card mounted, 15 x 12 ins (378 x 304 mm), showing Great Western Railway locomotive 'King George V' with a train at Wolverhampton Low Level station in 1927, on its return from the Baltimore & Ohio Railway centenary exhibition. Photographer Sirrell Stubbs.

Photograph, silver gelatin print

1927