Today would have been George Stephenson’s birthday. Born on 9th June 1781 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Stephenson came from humble beginnings, learning to read and write at 18 years of age. He worked as and engineman and ‘brakesman’ at local pits, and when he...
A sunny Sunday 2nd May at Crich enabled the external display of Derby 1 prior to it leaving Crich to off – site storage. It was lined up with others from the East Midlands including Leicester 76 (which will return to the Exhibition Hall for static display) and...
Two of our long standing volunteers in engineering, Mike Crabtree and Peter Whiteley (Project Leader) visited the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Boston Lodge works to view progress on the new underframe they are working on for Blackpool 298 this week. They...
Local Stained Glass Artist, Sandy Constable, was commissioned to produce some new stained glass for the entrance to the Labyrinth. Sandy describes how she developed the theme and final production: “Back in October 2020, I was commissioned by Crich Tramway...
As previously reported, the next restoration project for the workshop at Crich Tramway Village is Blackpool Brush Railcoach 298, which now needs to be brought back to the Crich Tramway Workshop from our store, ready to fit the new underframe due to be received from...
Crich Tramway Village, home to the National Tramway Museum, is to receive £204,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The Museum is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture...
On 27th March it will be 100 years since the vintage tramcar, Leeds 345, first entered public service. The tramcar is now based at Crich Tramway Village. In 1939, the tram was rebuilt by Leeds City Transport, which involved a conversion from an open balcony car with...
As previously reported, the next restoration project for the workshop at Crich Tramway Village is the Blackpool Brush Railcoach 298. You may remember agreement was reached between the Tramway Museum Society (TMS), the Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation( TSO) and the...
During the First World War, in January 1916, The Military Service Bill, calling for conscription of men for war services, was passed in the British House of Commons. In February, responding to an appeal from tramway managers, the Ministry of Munitions agreed to add...
Shelter Pre-restoration Shelter Exterior Restored At the beginning of 2020 the Museum started a project to restore and interpret a rare and early example of a Cabmen’s Shelter. We are very pleased to report that the restoration of the main structure is now complete...
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