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Trips in 2011

Transport Museum, Coventry February 2011 Coventry was one of the main centres in the country for the manufacture of cars. motorbikes and bicycles. So it was no surprise that the Transport Museum there featured an impressive array of vehicles from the earliest examples through to the present day. Coventry had a huge range of manufacturers, most now forgotten. Below are (1,2) a 4.5 litre blown Bentley raced at Le Mans, (3) a 1929 Lea Francis, also ex-Le Mans, (4) 1910 Maudsley Tourer, (5) 1930 Humber Snipe and (6) 1913 Morris (Bullnose).
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Magna Science Centre, Rotherham March 2011 The steelworks building itself was the main attraction here. It's very difficult to describe how big it is inside. The simulation of a blast furnace was quite good. Most of the rest was for a considerably younger audience. But worth it for the building. Sorry no pics. It was too dark inside.

Lincolnshire Life Museum & Ellis Mill May 2011 . (1) Bull-nosed morris. (2) Steam engine (for theshing?) (3) Ellis Mill (4) Water Carrier for Mesopotamia.
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Imperial War Museum, Air section, Duxford June 2011 . (1) Macdonald Douglas F15 fighter (2) Boeing B28 bomber (3) German dive bomber (4) US stealth spy plane (5) Main hall with Concorde at the back (6) Tank in land warfare building .
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Dogdyke Pumping Station, near Tattershall August 2011 A fascinating piece of 19thC technology. It was used to pump water from the fens into the Witham. Now a more modern diesel pump has taken over. The steam engine is not used for work nowadays and is only occasionally in-steam. This was one of those days. Both it and the diesel were running and we got to watch. Also interesting was the small museum next door in the old engine operator's cottage. (1) Engine house. (2) Boiler (3) Flywheel (4) Steam piston (5) Ladies came too. (6) Diesel pump.
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Boston Steam Fair September 2011 . (1) Heavy horses with plough. (2) Cub tractor/cultivator (3) Early (1932?) tractor (4) 1935 box trike (5) Ladies came too. (6) Diesel pump.
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