Coventry Transport Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of British road transport vehicles.
The museum’s entrance faces the broad end of Millennium Place, a fan-shaped public piazza framed overhead by the twin arch Whittle Arch landmark.
I accessed the museum’s entrance via descending a spiralling bridge designed by artist Alexander Beleschenko.
The museum is free to see and showcases Coventry’s manufacturing legacy, tracing its evolution over
the generations from ribbon weaving, watchmaking and sewing machine manufacture to the manufacture of cycles, vehicles and motorcycles.
On display at the museum were icons of British cycling and motoring history, including: the Ariel
Cycle (Penny Farthing), the oldest surviving Standard Roi de Belges, Queen Mary’s Daimler, a Standard Fulham, a Humber Super Snipe (Monty’s
victory car), a Humber Imperial 5, and the Thrust
SSC which holds the World Land Speed Record
Here’s a photo of the Sky Blue bus beloved by Richard.
I asked after Clive at the museum’s reception. When he arrived, I told him about what I was doing and
he gave to the montage a gold coloured Coventry Transport Museum key-ring and then sent me to see
Tim at Radio Plus.
Clive explained that Tim has had him on air at Radio Plus many times
I asked Clive if he had a favourite vehicle in the museum and he took me to see a beautifully preserved Humber Snipe from the 1930s.
Pocket Number 14: Tim at Coventry Transport Museum’s coffee shop >>