Hi all, I watched a program on TV last night about the above museum. I dealt mainly about the politics of running a volunteer staffed organisation. Saw little of the vehicles, a lot of the Popemobile, a quick glimpse of a WD petrol/diesel tractor?
They have a fantastic archive, part viewable on website.
Like many Museums it looks to be at risk due to the Lottery support of the commercialised Olympics.
Here are links to some archive images, please note the Museums copyright policy.
Leyland RAF Type underside http://www.bcvm.org.uk/frontend.php?action=zoom&keywords=Ref_No_increment;MATCHES;(^| +)LB1664a($| +)&continueUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz0xOTE1JmFjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2g=
2 trucks and several motorcycles. All of these vehicles were for a First world War expeditition by Sir John Willoughby, I'd like to know more about that. http://www.bcvm.org.uk/frontend.php?action=zoom&keywords=Ref_No_increment;MATCHES;(^| +)LB1664a($| +)&continueUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz0xOTE1JmFjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2g=
-- Edited by LincolnTanker on Friday 14th of May 2010 12:38:09 PM
-- Edited by LincolnTanker on Friday 14th of May 2010 12:39:20 PM
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity(Dorothy Parker)
"2 trucks and several motorcycles. All of these vehicles were for a First world War expeditition by Sir John Willoughby, I'd like to know more about that." These went to East Africa, where the armoured cars were useless! They were way too heavy to move over the poor or non-existent roads, despite being stripped down (there is a photo of these cars minus the turrets) to the essentials. I think they ended up in western Egypt defending against the Senussi, or maybe I am making that up!
