Roller Collection

Lawn Mower Advt, 1884
British advertisement for a lawn mower and garden roller

Cooling Castle
The gateway of Cooling Castle, a 14th century fortress, viewed from across freshly ploughed fields, Kent, England. Date: 14th century

Fair / Roller Coaster 1817
An early form of roller coaster ( the Aerial Walk ) in the Beaujon Gardens, Paris

Coney Island
The pier seen from Steeplechase Park roller coaster, Coney Island, New York, America

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Date: 1920s

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson

Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881, built ca 1929, at Ferndown in Dorset. (Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer

Firefighters outside a canteen van, Battersea, London
Firefighters in traditional brass helmets enjoying some refreshments outside a canteen van in Battersea Park, London, watched by a boy on roller skates. Date: 1937

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Trinity College, Oxford Date: 1821

The Rage for Rinking - still raging - roller skating 1912
Snaps of society indulging in the latest craze for roller skating at Holland Park Rink where members of the Sunday skating club includede Lord Churchill, Lady Thurston, Miss Ethel Dane the actress

Allchin Road Roller 1187
Maker: Wm. Allchin Ltd. at the Globe Works, Northampton Type: Road Roller Number: 1187 Built: 1901 Registration: NH 3417 Cylinders: Single Nhp: 6 Date: 1970s

Advert for Geo. Whight & Co, musical Celestina 1885 Advert for Geo
Mechanical musical instrument, you could buy the music separate quite cheaply so compact that it could be put in your pocket, with thousands of tunes, psalm, march or dance. Date: 1885

Switchback at Blackpool
People riding the switchback, which opened in 1891, at Blackpool Amusement Park, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

Rolling the Pitch
Rolling the pitch in preparation for the cricket season in the West Indies

Couple Roller-Skating
Smart couple in a roller- skating hall

Roller (Suburb)
Steam roller at work in an English suburban street

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185 (msn 2185), built 1886, of Croydon Corporation, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally

Roller skaters at Deal, Kent
Three young men roller-skating on a rink in Deal, Kent. Date: circa 1960s

Lithographic printing-press 1876
Printer and his apprentice, putting on the ink on the pre-made etched stone. Date: 1876

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR 478
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR478 Dick Turpin of Barnes Bros. Aveling at Westbury, Wiltshire. Maker: Aveling & Porter - Type: Road Roller - Number: 14001 - Built: 1929 - Registration

Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079
Aveling & Porter BHO class Road Roller, regn. DM 3079, number: 7632. Built in 1912 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 5 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Wallis & Steevens Road Roller OU5979
Wallis & Steevens Road Roller, regn. OU5979, number 8065 at Southampton. Built in 1930 by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke. (Note : the spelling of Steevens is correct) Date: 24 June 1972

Clayton & Shuttleworth Road Roller YA7417
Clayton & Shuttleworth Road Roller, regn. YA7417, number 48835 at the Plymouth Mayflower Rally. Built in 1923 by Clayton & Shuttleworth in Lincoln, powered by a single cylinder steam engine

Aveling-Barford Road Roller GMK 939
Aveling-Barford Road Roller, regn. GMK 939, number 621, Lady Helen. Built in 1939 by Aveling-Barford in Grantham, powered by a 4 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Aveling & Porter Road Rollers DM3079 and NT4368
Aveling & Porter Road Roller, regn. DM3079, number 7632, Alison, owned by Fred Dibnah and built by Aveling and Porter in 1912

Aveling and Porter Road Roller BC9483
Aveling and Porter Road Roller, regn. BC9483, number 10991, Janet. Built by Aveling and Porter in 1924, powered by a 6 Nhp single-cyinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Fowler Road Roller GS2538
Fowler Road Roller, regn, GS 2538, number 18882, No.1. Built in 1931 by John Fowler & Co. in 1931 in Leeds, powered by a compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby (msn 95/4009). Seen with a 1955 Standard 10 motor car 200CPJ at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. Built in 1925 to the design of Messrs

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller Simplicity (msn 8023), built 1930, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam rally. (Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England produced agricultural equipment)

Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - When Awkwardness is useful!. Date
Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - " When Awkwardness is useful!". Date: circa 1905

Rosey Anslow & Ella Grahame music hall roller-skaters
Rosey Anslow and Ella Grahame performing acrobatics on roller skates. One performer is wearing trousers, the other wearing a jacket and full skirt allowing for movement. Date: circa 1910

Canadian Scenic Railway, Franco British White City Exhibition in London in 1908

Farmer rolling the ground, Victorian period

Road gang and steam roller, London

Road repair gang and steam roller - Victorian period

Early fairground ride

An amusement park ride early 1900s

Road repair gang Victorian period

Road repair gang

Marshall Road Roller number 86104 Major Henry, reg. FW 2355, at Newark on 11 June 1972. Date: 1972

Aveling-Barford Road Roller number 606 Prince of Wales, reg. DTM 538, at Stamford on 27 June 1970. Date: 1970

Aveling and Porter Road Roller number 6343 Smash, reg. BE 7814, at Carr Park on 30 May 1971. Date: 1971

Aveling and Porter Road Roller number 9128 Major, reg. E 5536, at Stafford on 20 July 1974. Date: 1974

Fowler Road Roller number 12530 Bellingham, reg. J 7255, at Roxton Park on 15 September 1973. Date: 1973

Robey Tri-Tandem Road Roller number 45655 Herts Wanderer, reg. VL 2773, at Pirton on 28 May 1971. Date: 1971

Robey Tandem Road Roller number 40672, reg. FE 5391, at Carr Park, on 27 May 1973 Date: 1973

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