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New London Transport museum, would put our own transport heritage to shame.

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  • 05-10-2012 10:52am
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    Run_to_da_hills
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    This weekend, the London Transport Museum is opening the doors of its depot in Acton, West London to the public. Among the 400,000 artifacts on display are historic road and rail vehicles, thousands of posters and artworks, signage, engines, models, uniforms and ticket machines. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a taxi as well as hear about its history.

    In contrast this country has its transport heritage scattered through the country, its road confined to what is no more than a large shed in Howth (A potential fire hazard) And its railway heritage exposed and rotting away in a field 160 miles away in West Clare out of reach from the very people that use to travel on them.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213017/London-Transport-Museum-depot-opens-doors-public-400-000-artifacts-display.html


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    corktina
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    it's not a new facility. It's their Museum Depot and it opens on occasions.


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    Sligo Quay
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    Isn't that what I said here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056042776&page=3 I can use the same reply, saves a lot of typing, another UK success story.


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    gobnaitolunacy
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    There are transport museums in developing countries that would put a lot of ours to shame.


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    dowlingm
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    LTML gets almost 6m STG a year from TfL. The question in any endeavour like this is who pays the tab.


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    Judgement Day
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    dowlingm wrote: »
    LTML gets almost 6m STG a year from TfL. The question in any endeavour like this is who pays the tab.

    The same people who pay for ****e like the Corlea Trackway, The Box in the Docks, the Museum of Modern Art etc.etc. - need I go on? :rolleyes:

    I need to...the same people who paid for P-Pars, E voting machines, Thornton Hall Prison.......


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    dowlingm
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    fair point JD but good luck persuading The Powers That Be. Museums and arts funding are one of the most political things in the country - look how much mileage the Phoenix gets out of them.


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    corktina
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    The same people who pay for ****e like the Corlea Trackway, The Box in the Docks, the Museum of Modern Art etc.etc. - need I go on? :rolleyes:

    I need to...the same people who paid for P-Pars, E voting machines, Thornton Hall Prison.......

    Tfl paid for the evoting machines? well thats OK then


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