East Anglia Transport Museum. Carlton Colville, Lowestoft

Part of the Scratby, Norfolk holiday.
Thursday 27th April 2017.
Other things from that holiday linked below.
Photos at 20:34
Where the Past Passes By
Here you can see a unique project; the creation of a museum of street transport designed to show the development of mechanical transport over the best part of a century. The essence of transport is movement, so we are building a living museum where vehicles of yesteryear can be seen in action, where half-forgotten sounds of the past are brought back to life and where visitors can journey back in time by travelling on a few of the exhibits along the Museum’s streets. Many old vehicles seem ill at ease in a rural environment, so our aim is to develop a street scene of houses and shops, complete with authentic street furniture of bygone days, rescued by us from many parts of the country.
At Carlton Colville we have one of the widest ranges of preserved vehicles of any museum, and further exhibits are still accepted from time to time, although restrictions on covered accommodation necessarily confine these mainly to items of local or specific historic interest.
Our story began back in 1962 when four local tramway enthusiasts rescued the body of an old Lowestoft tramcar, no. 14, from its use as a summerhouse at Gunton. From this grew the idea of forming a transport museum, and as a result the East Anglia Transport Museum was founded on its present site in 1965.
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Adding 2 days later.
Modern London electric bus is using a similar thing to the Trolleybus to have a little charge throughout the day at both ends of the 15 mile bus route.
Just watched this as popped up on the home screen. Can't comment, a shame. Would have.
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