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Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:01 pm
by mrsam
Searching (novel I know) I found lots of info/debate on the new Museum of Transport

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1426&hilit=+transport+museum

and the ramifications for the Kelvin Hall

BUT

There is no/limited record of the curent museum!

Hence this thread,

Can people post pictures, memories of the curent museum to create a record for the future, a sort of past bit of a 'past present'

Mr Sam

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:21 pm
by glasgowken
These have been posted before, but i'll try and dig up some more.

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This is already a historical image, these buses are now at the GVVT in Bridgeton.
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Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:36 pm
by mrsam
I plan a visit so watch this space , can we take pics inside with out gettin bothered by security?

anyway, in lue of real pics here are some artifacts from the museum shop

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two fire engins, a car and a subway carriage

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this was a bugger to photograph as it's been attached to my window for nigh on 17 years, and is a car sticker so it goes the wrong way!!

Mr Sam

P.S. was there a 'Sam goes to the Transport Museum' pamphlet from the 'Sam Goes' series of the 80's?

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:57 am
by Verbal Kint
I wondered where I got that underground keyring from had it for years but I forgot I bought it there on a school visit years ago.

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:47 am
by theduke
mrsam wrote:P.S. was there a 'Sam goes to the Transport Museum' pamphlet from the 'Sam Goes' series of the 80's?


Yes there was, I've got it somewhere in the house :D

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:19 pm
by Alycidon
You have to remember that the Kelvin Hall was not the first Museum of Transport, that was in the old Tram Depot at Pollockshields. They had a fantastic model railway layout of Carlisle Citadel there, I have always wondered what happened to it.

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:41 pm
by glasgowken
The Albert Drive site was great :)

During the refurb of Kelvingrove a guy I know was having a nosey through the skips, he found they had dumped a number of model trains and ships. I hope that wasn't it :|

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:57 pm
by Schiehallion
Alycidon wrote:You have to remember that the Kelvin Hall was not the first Museum of Transport, that was in the old Tram Depot at Pollockshields. They had a fantastic model railway layout of Carlisle Citadel there, I have always wondered what happened to it.


Was that the bit where you went up a few steps into a kinda rectangular smallish room and the layout was on your right as you walked in?

I can still mind the wee cafe in the original Museum Of Transport where they sold pop-up ice creams. You pushed the wee plastic stick at the bottom to push the platform up the tube.

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:01 pm
by johnnyanglia
I was a volunteer car conservator for nine months. I have some below stairs pictures if someone can remind me how to upload using photobucket I will post some photos.

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:35 pm
by tobester
Was never at the old museum, sounds like it weas a bit better than the current one...was it?

Hopefully the new one will top them all

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:09 pm
by glasgowken
I believe the railway layout went to make room for the Subway mock up.
The old museum had a great atmosphere, but the Kelvin Hall could have been so much more (don't worry I won't rehash the old argument again ::): ).

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:11 pm
by mrsam
glasgowken wrote:(don't worry I won't rehash the old argument again ::): ).


PHEW 8O :) :evil:

johnnyanglia wrote:I was a volunteer car conservator for nine months. I have some below stairs pictures if someone can remind me how to upload using photobucket I will post some photos.


if you have a photobucket account
In Photobucket 1)log in
2) on the main page is a box(bout middle of screen next to a really anoying add) - click on the upload link and a sccreen appears that asks you to find and upload pics find the pics u want and highlight to upload to photobucket.

To put pics on HG 1) in photobucket highlight the box marked img code next to a picture in photobucket(only the account user can do this when signed in)
2)copy the text and
3) paste in a message in HG type in box thing, if correct on pressing the preview box the post should include a picture.

Hope this helps

Right I'm off to create a forum for the many rants of Glasgow Ken ::): ::):

Mr Sam

Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:08 pm
by katimac
Here's a few I took last summer

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Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:12 pm
by tobester
Took these last year too

I like the way my flash made the lights on the car 'work'
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Snap Kati
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Re: Data bank of the old Museum of Transport

PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:36 am
by glasgowken
mrsam wrote:
Right I'm off to create a forum for the many rants of Glasgow Ken ::): ::):

Mr Sam


That could lead to a punch up ::):


Here's 3 I took sometime last year.

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And a RCAHMS one from the old museum.
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