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BP - Beechams Pills Limited and the Beecham Group
1 - Business section of Beechams Pills Limited and the Beecham Group
2 - Records relating to the Beecham family of St.Helens
3 - General ledgers and files relating to Beechams Pills Limited and the Beecham Group
4 - Subsiduary companies of Beecham's Pills Limited and the Beecham Group
5 - Miscellaneous 3-dimensional objects relating to products of the Beecham Group
1 - Bottles and boxes of Beecham's products
2 - A series of large photographs of employees working on different facets of the pill making programme.
3 - Pill rolling appliances used to produce Beecham's Pills
4 - Miscellaneous 3-dimensional objects related to Beecham's products
1 - Paper packets of pins, needles and safety pins advertising Beecham's Powders and Germolene Antiseptic Skin Dressing.
2 - Paper books of matches advertising Beecham's Pills.
3 - Empty tin of Iron Jelloids
4 - Collection of assorted coloured tassled plastic bookmarks advertising Beecham's products.
5 - Boxed tube of Beecham's Toothpaste and advertising leaflet.
6 - Glass bottle with wooden stopper containing Beecham's Pills (uncoated).
7 - Cardboard container (sealed) containing Beecham's Pills in `twists'
8 - Cardboard container (unsealed) containing Beecham's Pills in `twists'
9 - Cardboard container for 'quarter dozen twist packs'.
10 - Rowntree metal pencil box made to commemorate the coronation of King George and Queen Mary and inscribed on the front 'presented by Ald. Joseph Beecham, Mayor'.
11 - White pottery mugs with the SmithKline Beecham logo.
12 - Coaster mats with SmithKline Beecham logo.
13 - Wedgwood commemorative plaque containing a picture of Beecham's factory, Westfield Street, St.Helens
14 - Cardboard 'Beecham's 4 square puzzle'.
15 - Commemorative medal from the Bournemouth Grocers, Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers Exhibition
16 - Commemorative medal from the Portsmouth Grocers, Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers Exhibition.
17 - Commemorative medal from the Middlesbrough Grocers, Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers Exhibition.
18 - Commemorative medal from the Bristol Housing and Home Life Economy Exhibition.
19 - Commemorative medal from the Leicester Grocers, Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers Exhibition.
20 - Commemorative medal from the Brighton Home Life Exhibition.
21 - Commemorative medal from the Brighton and Hove Grocers, Confectioners and Caterers Exhibition.
22 - Commemorative medal from the Newcastle-on-Tyne Housing and Home Life Economy Exhibition.
23 - Commemorative medal for 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign
24 - Commemorative medal bearing the St.Helens Coat of Arms and inscribed 'Presented by Cr. J. Beecham for full record of attendance'.
25 - Commemorative medal bearing St.Helens Coat of Arms inscribed J. Beecham, Mayor.
26 - Wooden globular screw top medicine shakers/mixers
27 - Boxed medal and ribbon from the Paris Exposition Internationale
28 - Pill box.
29 - Envelope containing pill box label and newspaper article regarding a court case about the sale of ointment to France as the law of France did not allow 'secret' constituents to be used in a recipe.
30 - Silver metal letter opener marked with inches and inscribed 'Worth a guinea a box - Beecham's Pills'
5 - Boxes from the packaging department of the Beecham Group
6 - Audio cassettes containing recordings of advertisements for Beecham Group Limited
7 - Miscellaneous recordings related to the Beecham family and business
8 - Files from the office of Mr. J. C. Mather, Chief Chemist, SmithKline Beecham, St.Helens
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