National Gas Engine Catalogue, 1909
The National Gas and Oil Engine Company was founded on Wellington Street in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1889 by Henry Bickerton and Sir Douglas Clerk. Both men were experts on internal combustion engines. The engines they produced were used in small workshops, mills and factories to generate power for the operation of machinery. During the First World War the firm was commissioned to make 12 cylinder engines for high speed naval ships and during the Second World War it supplied 'jigs' for Manchester and Lancaster bombers. The firm had an international reputation and supplied engines for use in university and techical schools and received regular visits from overseas firms to learn about its developments.
Work book of James Newton, Constable of the Stamford Estate, during the Cotton Famine
These pages from James Newton’s work book lists tools given out from Ashton Old Hall for use on the relief roads during the cotton famine. The Tameside area was badly affected by the cotton famine. Unemployed cotton operatives were given work building a re-surfacing local roads in an attempt to provide them with work and ‘relief’ from their sorry plight.
The Vinod Chauhan Anti-Deportation Campaign
Vinod Chauhan came to Britain in 1978 and married here, but after a breakdown in his marriage, he was refused permanent residence. In 1981 a deportation order was served on him, and his appeal in April 1983 was dismissed. A campaign of support by local people was begun, backed by the local member of Parliament, Robert Sheldon. Vinod Chauhan was deported in April 1984.
The gymnasium at Hyde Lads' Club
Hyde Lads' Club opened on 5 October 1928, and was housed in two rooms in Hyde Town Hall. In 1930 the Club moved to new premises in Beeley Street, where this photograph is likely to have been taken in about 1931. The Club's ethos was to provide a safe and "sound" outlet for the energies of the young men of the Borough. The Club ran football teams, physical training, boxing and games such as ping pong and bagatelle.
Advertisement for Sweet Lips Cachous
This is an example of the kind of adverts produced by Thomas Kerfoot and Company Limited. This advertisement dates from the 1920s. Adverts were produced for a global market and examples held in the archives were used in South America, Africa and Indian as well as across Europe. Kerfoot founded his pharmaceutical firm in around 1863 and moved his operation to Bardsley Mills in 1896.
Address from the inhabitants of Hobart, Tasmania, to Colonel Cumberland commanding the 96th Regiment, undersigned by 130 citizens of the town.
One of the most important and interesting documents in the collection is a handwritten letter on vellum dated July 1848. It is addressed to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cumberland commanding the 96th Regiment and is signed by 150 of the leading citizens of Hobart Town, Tasmania expressing their appreciation of the Regiment during its stay in Hobart Town between 1846 and 1848. It measures approximately 2 feet by four feet.
