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Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

1934

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

Early 1960s

Periflex camera

1949-1959

Weight

1910-1930

Enlarging exposure meter in box with instructions

circa 1945

Early Sunbeam Sports Bicycle

1933

Hydraulic Pump

Dynamo Direct Current Generator

1902

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Tandy & Bailey Wolverhampton"

1830

Dental key

1835-1850

Hansom cab, late 19th century

1887-1900

Arab II 'Utility' bus

1943

Crane Foundry Iron weight

1880-1920

Iron Weight

1910-130

Turner Yeoman diesel tractor, 1949-1957.

1945-1955

Carte de visite of John Putnam

1860-1888

electricity generator

Crotchet, obstetrical, blunt hook

1830-1900

Artery forceps

1880-1920

Artery forceps

1880-1920

Tilting tea-kettle, heated by metal slug

1845

Cramp for laying floor-boards

Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

1902

NEI Thompson

1984

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

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

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

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

Golden Sunbeam bicycle

1906-1907

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

Map, The Cornish Riviera

1900-1940

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

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

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

Corfield Lumimeter

Villiers automatic carburettor for motor cycle, sectioned, on nickelled T-tube stand with control, patented by F. A. Mills and made by the Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, 1927. Both the carb. & stand are found together at the same location.

Mills patented Villiers automatic motorcycle carburettor, England, 1927

1927

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

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

Dynamo condenser exploder, ICI

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

Coal mining testing set

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

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

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

key, Gibbons of Wolverhampton.

Small key

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

Seagull Outboard Motor

circa 1935

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

Comparison photometer for enlarger. Image reflected by a mirror onto small spot of greaseproof paper visible from the front. Surface of the paper lit by light from a 5w lamp modulated by rotating continuous wedge. Adjustable preset mask for lamp. CAlculator scale calibrated for paper speeds 2-500, exposure times, 1-240 seconds. K.G. Corfield LTd.

Corfield Lumieter Enlarging Exposure Meter

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

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

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

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

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