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Aston Manor Transport Museum

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I visited Aston Manor Transport Museum last weekend and jolly good it was too. Can I please say a big thank you to the chaps who work there for making our visit so enjoyable. I'll tell you something, though, it doesn't half make you feel old when things from your youth (in my case, the old buses with open access at the rear and conductors) are now museum pieces!
 
AMTM is on my list for when I visit Brum later this year. I know that they have a Midlands Electricity van from the l950`s like my father drove.
Looking forward to visiting.
 
jenny my youngest is a bus entheusiast and hes visited the museum..said it was a great afternoon.....

lyn:):):)
 
Lots of bus enthusiasts around it seems in Brum. A friend of mine was treated to a bus drive for his birthday by his wife through the SPICE group in Brum. He was in bus heaven going round the track.
 
Hello there, some years ago my brother in law live at Tile Cross in one of
those high raise flats and when we visited them which was quite often, my
wife thought the world of Hoss, we always finished at Coventry. The Motor
Museum there in those days was really wonderful. To see all the old cars,
many of them made in the City, and Birmingham of course was first class,
as I remember it wasnt much to go in. Is it still there? Iknow it was being
relocated somewhere.Quote; Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once! Bernard67Arnold:cool:
 
The Museum is in danger of closing I believe-due to withdrawal of funding from the City Council--does anyone know more about this? It would be a tragedy if the museum closed
 
svrman, yes thats true, I visited the museum to finalise arrangements for the Outer Circle Bus Trip, and was told about the problems regarding the future of the museum, just hope they can sort out some form of funding before it's too late. There are some details on their website.

https://www.amrtm.org/future.html

Colin
 
Sorry svrman, yes Aston Manor transport Museum are arranging the day, but I don't even know what The Hercules 100 is.

Colin
 
Just to bring the story up to date, Aston Manor is still in grave danger of closing. Negotiations with Birmingham City Council are continuing but the latest meeting still hasn't bridged the gap between the two parties mainly because of the unrealistic value the council are putting on the property. Recent offers are not in the financial reach of the museum. This is a great museum with friendly and welcoming volunteers so hopefully there will be a good news story at the end of all of this.
 
Thank you for the update. I hope common sense will prevail. I wonder why the council want the place there are so many open area's and closed up places in Aston it's nice to see something that is working.
 
hi 6918..this latest update is not what we in brum want to hear..not only is the tram building itself of great historical interest but its also houses so many of our wonderful old vehicles...like wendy i do hope that some agreement may be reached to save it....

lyn
 
I agree with all that has been said before
Lyn
I was interested in your phrase:
"also houses so many of our wonderful old vehicles...like wendy" !
Mike
 
mikejee said:
I agree with all that has been said before
Lyn
I was interested in your phrase:
"also houses so many of our wonderful old vehicles...like wendy" !
Mike
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:D:D mike i didnt really mean that wendy is a wonderful old vehicle...but there again you knew thats mike....:headhit::headhit:
 
Ha Ha just the tonic I needed today I love being called an old vehicle if it helps bring it on.....lol Save our bus museum....!!!!
 
Wendy said:
Ha Ha just the tonic I needed today I love being called an old vehicle if it helps bring it on.....lol Save our bus museum....!!!!
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wend..ive been told more than once ive got a face like the back of a bus so dont worry about it..:D:D
 
I bet that the council have had enquiries about developing the area, thats why they are being so ridiculous with their estimates!! I will see if I can find an address we can all write to in support of the museum. We owe them a big thank you for their history buses every month!!
 
Was on the local news earlier :(, future not looking good, should be on the local news later (BBC Local)
 
just been sent an email about it dave..will watch the bbc news but as you say its not looking good..:redface:

lyn
 
I'm clinging to the hope there might be some 11th hour rescue but it's not looking very likely. I have only been a member for a short while but feel sorry for those that gave decades to this museum. If the collections end up having to be sold off it will be a terrible situation as there is no guarantee they would find secure homes or stay in the area.

Looks like my next trip over to Witton Tram Shed will be the last.........
 

I must have walk past the Tram Building around 1948 for the first time,

Sad time if closed.
 
yes its not looking to good for the old tram shed..as i understand it its a listed building so can not be demolished so what the heck can it be used for other than a museum.i have visited it on 3 occasions and each time had a brilliant time including a ride into town and back on a very old coach and bus and what will happen to the vehicles housed in the shed already..it really is such a shame that yet another bit of our birmingham history is tossed aside without a thought and i hope some heads are hanging in shame right now...and if as i suspect they are not well they jolly well should be...

lyn
 
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The "eviction" date is at the end of the year, so the remainder of this year's events will still take place. The fact of it being "Listed" (grade 2 on the frontage) is no real safety - many listed buildings have been demolished where the local authority claims it is "necessary" for the redevelopment of the area, or after a mysterious fire damages it beyond repair. Many of the vehicles in the museum are privately owned, so their owners will be the ones lloking for new homes for their 'babies'. I understand the museum management are searching for alternative premises, and do already have a lease on a storage facility north of Wolverhampton (not publically accessible) so their own vehicles will not just be "out on the street with nowhere to go", the real loss will be the premises, the last remaining tram depot (originally steam trams) in the city retaining much of its original fabric and fittings. That cannot be replicated in a modern industrial unit.
 
totally agree with you Lloyd and of course the atmosphere created inside the tram shed will not be the same as in a modern buiding...i really do think that a protest outside the museum an hour before one of the last events takes place would be a good idea..with the press in attendance..it may not alter the fact that this great piece of birmingham history is to be brushed aside like so many others but at least we could say we went down fighting....you have my full support on this..

lyn
 
Astoness said:
totally agree with you Lloyd and of course the atmosphere created inside the tram shed will not be the same as in a modern buiding...i really do think that a protest outside the museum an hour before one of the last events takes place would be a good idea..with the press in attendance..it may not alter the fact that this great piece of birmingham history is to be brushed aside like so many others but at least we could say we went down fighting....you have my full support on this..

lyn
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I'm with you with that Lyn
 
Its such a shame that this museum is being closed by the council, when I believe they should be suopporting it and be proud of it as an asset to the city.
 
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