The ALDRIDGE TRANSPORT MUSEUM video.

Following collection of various old Ford car parts in the area, I called in to the nearby Aldridge Transport Museum near Walsall for a walk around. I'm glad I did, many years ago I'd been to the museum's previous location to help collect a non-functioning ex- Co-Op milk float (heavy) but this was my first visit to their Aldridge location (the Aldridge Transport Museum had previously been known as the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum).
The museum's aim is to preserve (mainly) vehicles with associations to commercial road transport in the West Midlands, including classic lorries, vans & PSVs (Public Service Vehicles - ie buses and coaches).
Commercial vehicles & PSVs were well represented. My favourites were the Austin A40 ice cream van (which I remember first seeing on our milk float collection jolly), the wonderful Fordson 7V lorry, a Daimler double-decker bus, and a fantastic late-vintage Austin Six pickup truck undergoing an engine swap.
In addition to the vehicles that are on display at Aldridge Transport Museum, there are items of memorabilia dotted around everywhere, from signs, ticket machines, posters, bus conductor uniforms, cutaway examples of engines and axles, and much much more. A solitary E-Type V12 and a handful of preserved motorcycles were also in evidence. Hopefully this video (the camera was playing up a little so the footage isn't as clear as I'd like) gives a good idea of what's there to see.
At the time of uploading this video, adult entry was just £4 and children £2, so please support the museum and pop in for a look around if you're able to.
Following feedback received from previous museum visit videos, I'd like to visit further collections and museums like this to help spread the word.

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