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Bunkerkid
18-05-2009, 08:01 PM
Pic heavy:thumb

A little local unknown museum, run by volunteers located in Wolverton, Milton Keynes.

A nice little museum showing lots of local history of the industrial and rural past of Milton Keynes area:thumb

Definatly recommended to anyone in this area to spend a couple of hours, well worth a look around:D

More information of the museum can be found here at their website: http://www.mkmuseum.org.uk/

Anyway some pics I took that day:

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A tug boat built locally that returned to it's home town and now sits in the carpark, history of the boat can be found here: http://www.mkmuseum.org.uk/news/newspat.htm

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Steam engine also located in car park:thumb

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Good history of telephones in here as well, they are all working and your even allowed to play with them:lol:

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Victorian street scene recreated, complete with shops and bar:smclap

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Fully restored and working 9 HP engine

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Priestman Hub drag line crane

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Yard full of old farm machinery and implements from Wolverton railway works

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Fully restored body of local tram that used to run between Wolverton and Stony Stratford

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Yellow GPO Bedford truck

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Most odd find, BT phone truck:jester

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Before restoration:thumb

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I think the phone belonged to Gulliver:jester

boxfrenzy
18-05-2009, 08:15 PM
Looks surprisingly good. I like the big yellow telephone truck.

evilnoodle
18-05-2009, 08:26 PM
Looks surprisingly good. I like the big yellow telephone truck.

^^^ What he said!

escortmad79
21-05-2009, 12:41 PM
I wonder if that Sherpa phonevan is on the Roadafone network! :jester

The steam engine is a stationary boiler used for heating or soil sterilisation :thumb

converse1
21-05-2009, 12:47 PM
HaHah...! Road phone :D looks like a good little place. Nice find.

Heffalump
21-05-2009, 04:46 PM
I wonder if that Sherpa phonevan is on the Roadafone network! :jester


Oh dear.. Looks interesting I might have to bowl over in half term