Can You Smell That? The Hidden Hero of Gas Safety

Natural gas has fuelled homes and industry for over two centuries. From William Murdoch’s first coal-gas lamps in Cornwall in 1792 to today’s methane and hydrogen blends. The convenience and relative cleanliness have reshaped daily life.

Wooden Water Pipes

Today, we take clean, pressurised water for granted. Turn on a tap and there it is, ready to drink, to fight fires, or to fill the kettle. But go back a few hundred years, and it’s quite different. Finding reliable water sources wasn’t so straightforward.

On this Day 9 May 1911, The Great Layfette

Elaborate on stage set for the final illusion 'The Lion's Bride,' featuring a real lion.

Mention the name Sigmund Neuberger to most people today and they would draw a blank, follow that it by saying that he performed under the name of ‘The Great Layfette’ and you might get a glimmer of recognition from a few but most who still be none the wiser. Yet in his time he was the best paid, some say the richest taking in £44,000 a year (equivalent to Millionaire status today), and possibly the most universally hated performer on the Music Hall, Theatre and Vaudeville circuit in the UK and USA.

From the Basement: Two large valves

In December 2016 museums volunteers found these two large valves about 12 inches tall to the top of the outlet, with two and a half inch V-thread outlets were among hundreds of items put in storage.

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Glasgow Cheapside Street Fire

cheapside street fire on march 28th 1960 .. seconds after the building collapsed fire Glasgow

Fire services from around the area were dispatched after smoke was reported from a second-floor window of the warehouse.

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