The preservation of our transport heritage is something that the
British excel at. The Buses magazine Museum & Rally Guide
2020-21 lists forty museums in the United Kingdom plus one in the
Republic of Ireland with collections of buses (and sometimes trams
or trolleybuses) amongst their exhibits. The rally calendar section
lists hundreds of events taking part every year. This has all
developed since the 1950s. Prior to this a few far-sighted
companies such as The London General Omnibus Company (later London
Transport) had put aside some old vehicles but they were not on
regular display. Private preservation started in the 1950s and the
first clubs for preservationists were established such as the
Historic Commercial Vehicle Club in 1958. A few early events were
held, but the first regular event was the HCVC (now HCVS) London to
Brighton Run which began in 1962 and has continued ever since.
Museum sites were established in the 1960s - The Museum of British
Transport opened in stages between 1961 and 1963 and would lead
eventually to the London Transport Museum. The East Anglian
Transport Museum at Carlton Colville and the Sandtoft Transport
Centre both opened in the 1960s. But it would be the 1970s when the
rallies and Open Days' we know today really began to take off. This
book looks back at the formative years to 1980 when the seeds of
the preservation and rally movement of today were being sown.
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