
BAC Scales
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The platform of these rather austere scales is set into the railway platform of Uxbridge station. |
BAC Unknown date

Brecknells “Minor”
Striking cast iron penny scale offering "A Guide To Health" with separate charts for Ladies' and Gents' weights. |
CW Brecknell 1920s

Salter’s Automatic Weighing Machine
These ornate weighing scales were once common on railway stations and other public places. |
George Salter and Co. 1890s

Step Up To Mike
Rare survivor, this highly Art Deco voice recorder in the form of the Empire State Building briefly appears in the film Brighton rock (1947). "Coin operated. Electrically records the voice. Delivers record (which will play on any gramophone) and posting envelope". |
AMECO 1934

Try Your Weight
The mechanism of this Birmingham-made penny scale has much in common with the classic design by Percival Everitt of 1884, which was also used in Salter scales.
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CW Brecknell 1920s

Try Your Weight
Substantial cast iron scales that would have seen service at railway stations and other public thoroughfares. |
Samuel Denison 1900s