Thursday 27th October was Super Heroes Day at Crich Tramway Village, but we also celebrated local heroes. (pictured above are: Back row: Mayor of the Borough of Amber Valley, Councillor Richard Iliffe; Esme Woolley; Danielle Kirk; Clare Sales; Mike Snow; Tramway...
Andrew our Financial Controller, recently helped us restore an old match box vending machine which we found in our loft. Continue reading to find out more…
On Sunday, 23rd October, the Branch Line Society hired Leeds 399 to tour Crich Tramway Village. The Branch Line Society’s aim is to ride on train and tram tracks that are not normally used in service and we were pleased to help them in achieving their purpose and...
We have recently purchased an important ledger dealing with the activities of the Imperial Tramways Company between 1885 and 1898. This was offered to us by Alistair Moffatt, a book dealer from Totnes in Devon who alerted us to its contents and historic interest. The...
We now have 21 different tram riding certificates available for purchase from The Forge Shop and Admissions priced at £1.00 each. Ride the trams, save your ticket and then purchase a certificate as a memento or your journey. You will get the chance to ride some of the...
Our Starlight Spectacular has just become even more spectacular, with the special guests who will carry out the official ‘Switch On’ on Monday 24th October revealed as Starlight Spiderman* and Starlight Darth Vader* – what a combination! They will be...
Since the roof of LCC1 has had the canvas replaced (see our Blog of September 15th 2016) the Workshop team have fitted the moulding edges and added the bearers for the trolley planks to the roof. The window frames have been dry fitted, and once they are permanently in...
We were delighted to host the 2016 Derbyshire Heritage Awards on the evening of Friday 7th October. Crich Tramway Village entered three projects: Best Project on a Limited Budget – featuring the maintenance of our historic urinal; Best Volunteer Project, with the Loan...
Our Curatorial Assistant Hannah, is providing an insight into how we care for some of older and more fragile books that are part of the Winstan Bond collection we have here in the Library.
Crich Tramway Village is a brand name for the National Tramway Museum (Accredited with Arts Council England), solely owned and operated by The Tramway Museum Society, incorporated in England with liability by guarantee (no. 744229). Registered charity number 313615. Our ICO number is Z6700136.