Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in

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, 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 as a joint project between

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and

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, supported by the

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. In the year running 2007/8 the museum received 88,338 visitors. In 2014, ownership of the Milestones Museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from

and

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Exhibits

Buildings

Features include recreations of: * a Victorian

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, the ''Baverstock Arms'', named for a 19th-century Alton brewer. Serves alcoholic refreshments at lunchtime. * a Victorian

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

based on the GWR station at . Features a 4mm scale model of the station with operating trains. * a Victorian

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* a Victorian watchmaker and jeweller * a Victorian

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* a Victorian

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* a Victorian light engineering shop * a Victorian paintworks, powered by a Tasker stationary steam engine * a Victorian pier amusement arcade * a

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* a

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* a 1930s town with shops **

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Society shop **

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(with original toys) ** record and

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shop (including original equipment) ** Car showroom * 1940s period home interiors, kitchen and living room. A new addition for 2021 is Mr Simpson's Teddy Bear museum, featuring more than 260 examples dating from 1905 onwards. Many of the shops and workshops feature sound tracks of appropriate conversations and sound effects.

Road vehicles

There is a large collection of road vehicles, notably by local manufacturers,

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of Basingstoke and

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. These cover examples of human powered, horse drawn, steam and motor driven vehicles.

Human powered

* Hand cart * Hand propelled bakers cart. * Grocer's delivery bicycle * 2 tradesmens' tricycles * Various bicycles, including

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Horse drawn vehicles

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Governess cart A governess cart is a small two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. Their distinguishing feature is a small tub body, with two opposed inward-facing seats. They could seat four, although there was little room for four large adults. The driver sat sideways o ...

* Brewers dray * Coalman's cart *

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* Farm wagon * Stickback undercut

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* Hutchings caravan *

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type Romany caravan or vardo * Portable steam engine

Steam vehicles

Include two road rollers by Taskers and two by

Wallis & Steevens Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England produced agricultural equipment, traction engines and steam and diesel road rollers. History The company was founded in 1856 by Arthur Wallis and Charles Haslam in newly built premises whic ...

. There are also two Taskers ''Little Giant'' traction engines, one displayed with a log trailer. *EL 3908 Thornycroft Steam Wagon, works number 115, built in 1902. *AA 5296 Taskers Little Giant, works number 1599, built in 1914. *SR 1294 Taskers Little Giant, works number 1726, built in 1917. *BD 7994 Taskers road roller, works number 1906, built in 1923. *YB 183 Taskers Little Giant steam lorry, works number 1915, built in 1924. *OT 8201 Taskers road roller, works number 1933, built in 1928. *AA 2470 Wallis & Steevens steam wagon, works number 7279. *OT 3078 Wallis & Steevens Advance road roller, works number 7867 built in 1926. *OT 8512 Wallis & Steevens Simplicity road roller, works number 7940, built in 1928.

Motor vehicles

There are some 25 commercial vehicles along with private cars, two generations of motor buses and a coach. Oec-fvm288

*Cars **BS 8239 Thornycroft 4 seater, built in 1903. **H 2499 Thornycroft 14HP open tourer, built in 1905. **DS 6683 Thornycroft open tourer, built in 1907. **DS 6684 Thornycroft 30HP open tourer, built in 1907. **AMO 903

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convertible, built in 1937. **FVM 288 OEC motorbike and sidecar, built in 1939. **K 3 Keeble K3 concept car, built in 2003. *Buses **BK 2986 Thornycroft J Portsmouth Corporation No. 10, built 1919. **RV 6368 Leyland Titan TD4, Portsmouth Corporation No. 8, built 1934. **EY 5218 Thornycroft Lightning coach. Built in 1935 and displayed in half-built condition. Thornycroft Bulldog 1931

*Commercial vehicles include: **NB 6684 Thornycroft J army lorry, WD livery, built in 1916. **SV 6068 Thornycroft J lorry, SCATS livery, built in 1917. **CJ 3008 Thornycroft X type lorry, D.C. Bowkley livery, built in 1918. **CE 6065 Leyland military subsidy lorry, Chivers & Sons livery, built in 1919 **BS 9028 Thornycroft A1 lorry, Shell livery, built in 1925. **YN 402

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pick-up, Gales Brewery livery, built in 1926. **OU 6028 Thornycroft A2/FB4 horsebox, built in 1930 **TV 5530 Thornycroft Bulldog flatbed lorry, Boots livery, built in 1931. **AAA 469 Thornycroft Handy dropside lorry, Corrals livery, built in 1934. **AUO 601 Morris van, Beavis and Co livery, built in 1935. **BWD 461 Thornycroft Sturdy milk lorry, PIMCO livery, built in 1937. **VYJ 521 Thornycroft Amazon Coles RAF recovery crane, built in 1942 **DFK 98 Thornycroft Nippy flatbed lorry, Thornycroft livery, built in 1949. **MKX 788 Thornycroft Sturdy road sweeper, built in 1949. **POR 602 Wallis & Steevens Advance diesel road roller **YMY 432H Thornycroft Nubian airport crash tender, MOD, built in 1971.

Fire Brigade

The Museum fire station has a selection of hand-propelled, horse-drawn and motorised fire engines. * Hand operated and propelled pump. * Hand propelled

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fire extinguisher. *

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horse-drawn fire engine. * Shand Mason horse-drawn steam pump * BOR 316

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Light 6 fire engine, Hampshire Fire Service, built in 1936. * HJP 382 Dennis Big 4 fire engine, Hampshire Fire Brigade, built in 1938

Railway and tramway stock

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0-6-0ST No. 1572 "Woolmer" built by the

Avonside Engine Company The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company. Origins The firm was original ...

in 1910. On loan from the National Collection. * Great Northern Railway 7-plank open wagon No. 7329 *

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electric tramcar No. 84

Temporary exhibitions

Between February and April 2014 the museum hosted an exhibition of

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models of extinct animals, constructed by Bright Bricks. In 2018, the exhibition returned, focusing on mythical creatures. A Victorian themed Christmas Market is held in early December.

References

External links

Milestones websiteHampshire Cultural Trust website
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