| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| Cost: | Entrance cost/guide |
The Transport group is aimed at anyone who has an interest in any form of transport, whether land, air or sea, The main emphasis is on visits to places and museums with a transport connection
Our visits have included the Mid Hants Railway, HMS Belfast, the De Haviland Aircraft Museum, Brooklands Car Museum (including a guided tour of Concorde), Alton Bus Rally, the Thames barrier, the Morgan and Mini car factories, and the Battle of Britain museum near Hendon.
There is no limit to where we go.
Visit to British Motor Museum Gaydon
We were made to feel welcome from the start, and our first tour leader had lots of stories to tell. He walked us around the main display collection, which showed cars from vintage to modern, concept cars, and cars from films.
Did you know . . .
- that the first car built in Britain was a Daimler?
- Or that the term ‘dashboard’ originates from horse drawn carriages which had a board in front of the carriage to stop mud from being splashed ('dashed') into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs?
The next tour leader took us to a second, newer building, which houses the Jaguar collection and many other cars that previously there was no space to exhibit. The range of cars here was a real mix, many of them had been bequeathed to the museum and there were quite a few that caused the comment ‘I remember that one’.
We had some free time after the tours, but it was still not enough time to take in the many exhibits on show.
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