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Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Milestones is made up of a network of streets that have been recreated according to those found in Victorian and 1930s Hampshire. It was opened on 1 December 2000 by Duke of Edinburgh [1] [2] as a joint project between Hampshire County ...
This list of museums in Hampshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Basingstoke has a wide diversity for musical groups ranging from brass bands to symphony orchestras. [64] The Basingstoke Concert Band is a traditional wind band which has now been in existence for more than 35 years. [64] The band was started in 1977 by Lawrie Shaw when Brighton Hill Community School opened, where he was the first headteacher.
"Queen Mary" semi-trailer carrying part of an Avro Anson aircraft at the RAF Museum London. In 1932, the company was revived, as Taskers of Andover (1932) Limited, through the production of semi-trailers. Using steel rather than iron, the product didn't require the services of the Waterloo Ironworks, which closed permanently in 1937.
The Portsmouth trolleybus system once served the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.Opened on 4 August 1934 (), [1] [2] it gradually replaced the Portsmouth tramway network; the last trams ran on 10 November 1936.
Milestones Museum, Basingstoke [13] NRM [14] WD192 Waggoner (Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST) Isle of Wight Steam Railway [15] Isle of Wight Steam Railway: WD118 Brussels (Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST) Keighley & Worth Railway [16] KWVR: On Display at Oxenhope WD196 Errol Lonsdale (Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST) Belgium, stoomcentrum Maldegem [17] Privately ...
Simplicity steam roller at Milestones museum. Four Wallis & Steevens vehicles, including an example of the unusual Simplicity steamroller with its steeply inclined boiler, can be seen at the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke. More than 180 engines, mostly privately owned, have survived. [1]
Map of Hampshire, UK with Basingstoke and Deane highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 155%: Date: 27 February 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by ...