Museums in London

big jt · Mar 20, 2009

OK guys I am gonna take a little trip to London, England. Been trying to find a Old Tractor Museum in the area on the net and not having much luck save the Kew Steam Museum.

Does anybody here know of anything worth seeing in the Area of London? I have some of the touristy stuff to see but would like to see some old ag iron if possible.

I will be there the first weekend of April.

Thanks

jt

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

Well if your into bikes;Fred Warr Harley-Davidson has a nice T-shirt.London is big and you may have to take the train to get to the dealership.

Haywood · Mar 20, 2009

Here is what I turned up on a search.

Just about any subject you want to search over there you need to put UK behind your search words to get the information you need.
Google list

in-too-deep · Mar 20, 2009

; ) Hehehe

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 20, 2009

Even though they don't have much old iron, go see the British museum. Loads of good stuff from the ancient world (pre tractor era). Also take the train to Greenwich and see the international date line, and the museum with has some cool clocks related to maritime navigation. The British national library has a cool rare book room. There is also some cool bookshops near Piccadilly circus (some had old engineering prints, I think they are around haymarket and whitcomb streets). I would also catch a live performance of a musical or play (I recommend the Phantom of the Opera). Other famous attractions: tower of london, changing of the guard, parliment, westminster abbey, st pauls cathedral (climb the dome for good views), millenium farris wheel, buckingham palace, the Banqueting house of Whitehall Palace and many others. I have been to London twice and don't recall running into any farming style museums but I still had a great time, plenty to see, and am waiting to go back again. Make sure you always remember to check BOTH ways before crossing any street (may seem trivial, but you realize it after the first close call). They have less concern about pedestrians. And watch out for pickpockets on the metro (not as much of a concern as Paris but still be mindful)

P.S. One place that I would recommend against going is Herod's unless you like looking at prices and laughing at how much the rich overpay for stuff.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

Does cool mean Refrigerated ????????

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 20, 2009

Cool is a manifestation of my excitement and haste in describing all the wonderful opportunities available for learning and exploration within the great city of London.

plow hand · Mar 20, 2009

Joe, where ya been ???

ChevCase · Mar 20, 2009

Visited two totally awesome "museums" there. One held the worlds largest collection of insects. The other had reptiles.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

No he was speaking in the beatnik genre.Ya dig?

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

Pretty good size village...... Lot more interesting stuff to see than tractors. Went there twice with the wife for a weekend and she was a couple more times (20 buck flight for us). She ran my a$$ ragged both times. Her friend is a travel agent, I'll see what there is.

Dave

Tom in TN · Mar 20, 2009

big jt,

I've only been to England once so I'm no expert by any means. However, when I was there, I stayed in London for a couple of days, then rented a car and drove around the entire island, including Wales, Scotland, and England. I stayed in B&Bs all of the time (about 10 days). My favorite B&B was a working farm north of London, between London and Stratford-Upon-Avon. I spent about four hours talking to the farmer who owned the place. We walked a couple of fields and looked at his crops. He showed me the paper-work that he has to fill out every year to register his operation with the government.

The mid-lands is beautiful country. If you have a chance to get out of London, you'll see some nice farming.

Good luck,

Tom in TN

plow hand · Mar 20, 2009

Hey Joe what is you opinion on Charles Manson ??

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

I wouldn't miss a trip to York to see the steam railroad museum. Also Old York, an underground village that was the Capital City of the Norwegian part of England. If you are especially interested in Henry Ford, his country estate and experimental farm was at Boreham House. [Not sure if public has any access.] It also had a race track for testing cars. Became an airbase in WWII.

big fred · Mar 20, 2009

If I ever went over there I think I'd visit some of the WWII airfields. My dad flew out of Weston Zoyland in Somerset County. That airfield has returned to ag use, though the tower is reportedly still standing.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

The British Museum is full of stuff that the British have collected (stole?) from all over the world. The London Museum is more interesting I thought. I liked the Imperial War Museums, the best one is the old RAF and USAF base at Duxford, but that is up north aways. The HMS Belfast, a big WW2 cruiser is at anchor in London and is open for tours. There is also in the basement of one of those big government buildings the place where Chirchill and his staff spent most of WW2, it has been preserved in the condition it was in on V E day. As others have said, look both ways twice before crossing the road. Prepare for some price shock when you buy tickets for the train. All transportation around the UK is pricey by US standards.

plow hand · Mar 20, 2009

I agree... is he alive yet???

Vito · Mar 20, 2009

Yes he is 74 years old.Had a picture of him today in the newspaper.

Vito

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

Who asked you big dummy.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2009

http://attractionguide.com/london/

You'll miss too much if you try to see everything in a weekend. I don't set a lot of store in royalty, but Buckingham Palace and the changing of the gaurds is pretty impressive. There's an interesting museum there also and if you time it right, you can see the stables and some nice horses. Hyde park is neat and the Camden Market is a have to. I didn't find anything on just tractors, but I'm sure there is something. I could entertain myself for weeks walking around looking at sites. If you're not used to a lot of oil, salt, and vinegar, the fish & chips can be a trip ruiner.

Have Fun...

Dave

Kelly C · Mar 21, 2009

I really really really want to go to England and Europe. The only problem for me is the Wife would want to go too.
If I ever get there. I will be seeing every battle field, War Museum, Ships, Planes and any other site of historical interest.
I can just emagine how thats going to go over with the better half.
I am making a bee line to the HMS Victory as we pass a scrap booking store. Should be some good fights around about day #2

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2009

O.T. I KNOW THE GANG HERE DOSENT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OVERSEAS STUFF, BUT AM NOW STAYING A WEEK IN BEIJING CHINA AND JUST LIKE HIS TRIP TO ENGLAND THERE IS ALWAYS SO MUCH TO LEARN FROM TRAVEL. SO MANY PEOPLE TO FEED OVER HERE THEY WILL ALWAYS NEED OUR FOOD. JUST HAVE TO KEEP A RELATION WHERE OUR FARMERS CAN KEEP PUMPING IT OVER HERE. REAL INTERESTING PLACE

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2009

You are the bigest turd on here you moron.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2009

(quoted from post at 11:43:08 03/20/09) Some people seem to have trouble wrapping their words around their concepts.

What's it take for someone to post and maybe ask something that is important to them without having the Village Idiots hijack it so they can get a little attention????????

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2009

You tell me Dave2,,, what does it take ????

richardinnz · Mar 21, 2009

You will have difficulty finding a tractor museam in London, however the Science Museam was always a good visit. The last time I went was on a school trip in the 1970s and the prototype Ferguson (black) tractor was there, I have just checked their website and it still is! Hope this link works http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk Look under 'visit' and have a look around. The science museseam has an aircraft hanger full of items not on show west of London along the M4 motorway at a place called Wroughton Airdrome, it is near Swindon in Wiltshire full of tractors, I visited this in the early 1980s. Look under 'about us' and 'Wroughton'.
If you can get away from London visit the National Railway museam at York, Beamish open air museam, and the Museam of sceince and industry at Manchester. Enjoy your trip, get hold of a copy of this magazine, if it's old iron it will be in here.
http://www.oldglory.co.uk Here is some more links.

http://www.beamish.org.uk/Home.aspx
http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/index.asp?flash=yes
Hope this helps. Shame your not coming here to New Zealand, look what your missing the first weekend in April! http://www.ellesmererally.org.nz/

richardinnz · Mar 21, 2009

Its o.k. Kelly, no scrapbooking in England! Your safe!

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