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What to do with the Family

What to do with the Family  School Holidays! The school holidays are almost with us and Crich Tramway Village has planned a full programme of additional activities for all the family. Our favourite horse, Joseph, will be with us for three days to give rides on horse tram Sheffield 15 on...

More Young Members take to the track

More Young Members take to the trackCrich has always been active in keeping young people interested in the history and the future of the museum, and we are sure they will keep the Museum running for many years to come. We always love it when we have new recruits, and the young member’s team (Rich and...

Step Back in Time with 7 Days of War Time Nostalgia

Step Back in Time with 7 Days of War Time Nostalgia  The Great War Home Front event takes place from Monday 13th – Sunday 19th July. It explores the period just before the First World War 1914-18, the outbreak of the war and war itself. The temporary exhibition in the Derby Assembly Rooms, Tramway Tommies...

Classic London Brought to Crich

Classic London Brought to Crich  Leon Daniels, Director of Surface Transport for Transport for London, attended Crich Tramway Village’s Classic London Event on Saturday 13th June. Mr Daniels helped launch the restored tram LCC 106 along with Chairman of the Tramway Museum Society, Colin...

Classic Car Winners

Classic Car Winners  The Classic Car event on 6th and 7th June saw around 165 vehicles attend Crich Tramway Village. The winners were as follows: Saturday 6th June: Best Restored Winner: Mr & Mrs J. West for their Lanchester LD10 (LPJ 96) Best In Show Winner: Mr. G. Lomas for...

Classic London Update

Classic London Update  The final preparations are taking place this week, ready for LCC 106 to return to service and take the starring role in our ‘Classic London’ event on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June. We are delighted to be able to announce that the handover of 106 to the...

LCC 106 on track

LCC 106 on track  Today, on a beautiful sunny day at Crich, another stage in the preparation for ‘Classic London’ (on Saturday June 13th and Sunday June 14th) was reached. LCC 106, the star of the event, was out on track on testing and driver re-familiarisation where it met up...

Classic London Event

Classic London EventNot a Tram! On 13th and 14th June London trolleybus No 1348, from the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft in Lincolnshire, will be visiting for the ‘Classic London’ event. It will make an interesting comparison with our London trams and the London buses which will also be...

News Today

News TodayIt is with great sadness that we can confirm that one of our colleagues suffered a suspected heart attack whilst at work at Crich Tramway Village, yesterday the 20th of May 2015. He had just finished working on the overhead lines on routine maintenance. As a result we...

Bands and Beer for May Bank Holiday

Bands and Beer for May Bank HolidayThe early May Bank Holiday is just around the corner, and here at Crich Tramway Village we are planning for a relaxed and enjoyable Bank Holiday weekend. Victoria Park and Crich Brass Band To make it just that little bit extra special for all our visitors, there will...

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