Museum of Nostalgia - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

raditechman · 5th Sep 2018, 12:15 pm

Not sure if this place has ever been mentioned before on this forum, but it does have items of interest to us in its collection.
This weekend is the last dates for opening this year.

Here is someones review and some details.

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...-ancient-barn/

John

5th Sep 2018, 3:25 pm

Plus two more September – 22nd/23rd and October – 6th/7th. I might take a train day* and have a look.

*this will take a day return!

Tim · 5th Sep 2018, 3:28 pm

It's not as good as it used to be................

Brigham · 6th Sep 2018, 9:36 am

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Originally Posted by Tim

It's not as good as it used to be................

Nothing is...

stainless · 6th Sep 2018, 10:19 am

I went there a while ago. Loved it. Pictures here

https://www.***********/photos/hounda...57693760087302

Radio Wrangler · 6th Sep 2018, 1:33 pm

A refreshing change from most museums where the art of presentation vastly overfaces the items being presented... you know, vast white spaces, large expensive display cabinets and very little of what you came to see.

David

6th Sep 2018, 2:42 pm

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A refreshing change from most museums where the art of presentation vastly overfaces the items being presented

Here here, I can forgive the Design Museum for that (it's what they are about after all, the building itself if empty would be worth the visit). A lot these days seem to be "art" galleries with endless text rather than artefacts.

TonyDuell · 6th Sep 2018, 7:02 pm

I am told a lot of people go to such museums and come away thinking 'I used to have one of those'. I go to such museums and come away thinking 'I was using one of those yesterday'

Radio Wrangler · 6th Sep 2018, 8:12 pm

It's a lot more of a blow to go to a museum and find in it some of the actual things you used to use and a couple of things you designed!

David

Cobaltblue · 6th Sep 2018, 9:33 pm

Well in my case "A Thing" rather than things in the science museum and I was just a member of a team. It's in the information age exhibition and it looks just like the day I left the project in 1978 althouh missing its PTD.

I went there with my eldest son in 2014 and there it was.........

A bit of a shock to be honest!

Has that much of my life really passed me by

Cheers

Mike T

McMurdo · 6th Sep 2018, 10:11 pm

that place looks a lot like the late Les Oakes's place, though on a different scale

https://youtu.be/jbOLP3_isfw

MotorBikeLes · 6th Sep 2018, 11:41 pm

Kevin, must be 30 to 40 years since I was last there. Is it still there? I remember buying chimney pots, but was it Les or a relative nearby? Memory!
Les.

Herald1360 · 7th Sep 2018, 11:24 am

Looks rather like some of the places I've visited in rural France, perhaps less cobwebby!

dseymo1 · 7th Sep 2018, 12:33 pm

Not unlike my own sheds, but a rather different selection of stuff

winston_1 · 8th Sep 2018, 7:13 pm

Well I went there today after reading this and it was closed. Phoned and left a voicemail, no call back. Most disappointed, waste of a day.

Alvin · 9th Sep 2018, 1:02 pm

Same here - took two friends along only to be greeted by a locked door and I'd checked their website before we left

5th Sep 2018, 12:15 pm	#1
raditechman Heptode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West London, UK. Posts: 867	Museum of Nostalgia Not sure if this place has ever been mentioned before on this forum, but it does have items of interest to us in its collection. This weekend is the last dates for opening this year. Here is someones review and some details. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...-ancient-barn/ John

5th Sep 2018, 3:25 pm	#2
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Plus two more September – 22nd/23rd and October – 6th/7th. I might take a train day* and have a look. *this will take a day return!

5th Sep 2018, 3:28 pm	#3
Tim Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,310	Re: Museum of Nostalgia It's not as good as it used to be................ __________________ "Nothing is as dangerous as being too modern;one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."

6th Sep 2018, 10:19 am	#5
stainless Tetrode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 70	Re: Museum of Nostalgia I went there a while ago. Loved it. Pictures here https://www.***********/photos/hounda...57693760087302

6th Sep 2018, 1:33 pm	#6
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,868	Re: Museum of Nostalgia A refreshing change from most museums where the art of presentation vastly overfaces the items being presented... you know, vast white spaces, large expensive display cabinets and very little of what you came to see. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

6th Sep 2018, 7:02 pm	#8
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Museum of Nostalgia I am told a lot of people go to such museums and come away thinking 'I used to have one of those'. I go to such museums and come away thinking 'I was using one of those yesterday'

6th Sep 2018, 8:12 pm	#9
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,868	Re: Museum of Nostalgia It's a lot more of a blow to go to a museum and find in it some of the actual things you used to use and a couple of things you designed! David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

6th Sep 2018, 9:33 pm	#10
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 6,865	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Well in my case "A Thing" rather than things in the science museum and I was just a member of a team. It's in the information age exhibition and it looks just like the day I left the project in 1978 althouh missing its PTD. I went there with my eldest son in 2014 and there it was......... A bit of a shock to be honest! Has that much of my life really passed me by Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

6th Sep 2018, 10:11 pm	#11
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,271	Re: Museum of Nostalgia that place looks a lot like the late Les Oakes's place, though on a different scale https://youtu.be/jbOLP3_isfw __________________ Kevin

6th Sep 2018, 11:41 pm	#12
MotorBikeLes Nonode Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kirk Michael, Isle of Man Posts: 2,350	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Kevin, must be 30 to 40 years since I was last there. Is it still there? I remember buying chimney pots, but was it Les or a relative nearby? Memory! Les.

7th Sep 2018, 11:24 am	#13
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,535	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Looks rather like some of the places I've visited in rural France, perhaps less cobwebby! __________________ ....__________ ....\|____\|\|__\|__\_____ .=.\| _---\__\|__\|_---_\|. .........O..Chris....O

7th Sep 2018, 12:33 pm	#14
dseymo1 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Shropshire, UK. Posts: 3,051	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Not unlike my own sheds, but a rather different selection of stuff

8th Sep 2018, 7:13 pm	#15
winston_1 Hexode Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: London, UK. Posts: 498	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Well I went there today after reading this and it was closed. Phoned and left a voicemail, no call back. Most disappointed, waste of a day.

9th Sep 2018, 1:02 pm	#16
Alvin Heptode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: East London, UK. Posts: 761	Re: Museum of Nostalgia Same here - took two friends along only to be greeted by a locked door and I'd checked their website before we left Attached Thumbnails