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.
Many people ask what is Steampunk? There was a movement in science fiction to write in a genre known as “Cyberpunk”. When various writers, such as Jules Verne, began exploring similar concepts and ideas but setting them in a pseudo Victorian world, the term steampunk...
We’re always grateful to our volunteers, and this week we have a special team of volunteers from Rolls Royce Community Project. The team of twelve managers and team leaders are here to help with fixing line side fencing, clearing overgrown brambles (ouch!) and...
More news about our Starlight Spectacular. After Wednesday, when the Harry Potter theme finishes, we move on to a Super Hero focus. Thursday 27th October is Super Heroes day with a replica Bat Pod from 4.00 pm, which you can sit in for photographs (additional charge)....
Our Starlight Spectacular event starts on Monday 24th October and runs to Saturday 29th October. Our first blog about this event (below) focuses on Monday 24th – Wednesday 26th October. On Monday 24th October there will be a special Crich Tramway Village light...
Yesterday we popped over to our Conservation Workshop to see how things were going with our current tramcar restoration project, London County Council No. 1 (LCC1) We timed it just right to have a lesson in how to re-canvas a tramcar roof, from Workshop staff members...
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.