Milton Keynes museum of Industrial & Rural Life May 09

[Bunkerkid]

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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

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

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

Anyway some pics I took that day:



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



Steam engine also located in car park



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



Victorian street scene recreated, complete with shops and bar





Fully restored and working 9 HP engine



Priestman Hub drag line crane



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



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



Yellow GPO Bedford truck



Most odd find, BT phone truck



Before restoration



I think the phone belonged to Gulliver

[boxfrenzy]

Looks surprisingly good. I like the big yellow telephone truck.

[evilnoodle]

Looks surprisingly good. I like the big yellow telephone truck.

^^^ What he said!

[escortmad79]

I wonder if that Sherpa phonevan is on the Roadafone network!

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

[converse1]

HaHah...! Road phone looks like a good little place. Nice find.

[Heffalump]

I wonder if that Sherpa phonevan is on the Roadafone network!

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