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The Industrial Heritage Group
Leader: Mike Stow - indhist@ashbyu3a.co.uk - phone 01530 469152
The Industrial Heritage Group is for members who have an interest in our industrial heritage of trains, cars, planes, bikes, early manufacturing etc. to visit museums, railways, factories and other places related to our industrial past. We occasionally take a quite broad view of what constitutes "Industrial Heritage" if it is of interest to us!
Travel arrangements vary depending on how far we have to travel, but generally we meet in Ashby to car-share.
Our trips are normally on Wednesdays unless otherwise stated.
All dates below are provisional until stated otherwise
Future programme | ||||
| Date | Time | Venue | Organiser | Details |
| Wed 24th Jun | Depart Ashby at 8.45 | Churnet Valley Railway | Colin Ellis | A 2hr return journey through the Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Wed 22nd Jul | TBA | Macclesfield Silk Mill | Bill Wilson | A visit to the last surviving silk mill in Macclesfield dating back to 1862. Macclesfield was at one time the world's largest producer of finished silk. Museum and guided tour of unique working Jacquard looms |
| Wed 26th Aug | TBA | TBA | ||
| Wed 23rd Sep | TBA | Ironbridge Gorge museums | The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, including Blists Hill Victorian Town, is being transferred to National Trust ownership in March. Therefore entrance to all the museums and sites will be free to NT members. Prices for non NT members have yet to be confirmed | |
| Wed 28th Oct | TBA | Acme whistles factory tour, Birmingham | Kurt Kovach | |
Thursday 23rd April. Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford
With expectations of possible fuel shortages, we planned a trip which could be cancelled at short notice if necessary. Since Cosford is free (apart from car parking) and neither it, or its café, needed pre-booking, it was ideal. Well the fuel shortages didn’t happen and RAF Cosford turned out to be more than just a convenient venue. Its three large halls of planes, engines and paraphernalia were an excellent way to spend a few hours.
On display are uniforms and equipment of pilots and ground crews, including replicas of Guy Gibson’s medals (VC, DSO and bar, DFC and bar). There are early tanks, motorbikes and other ground vehicles but the main display is, of course, the many wonderful warplanes from WWI through to the Cold War such as the Wellington, Vulcan, Victor, Valiant, TSR2 and a Lightning hanging vertically from the ceiling.
You could spend many more hours studying all the exhibits than we had time for today