Ipswich Transport Museum

This is a good one for a rainy afternoon, which is lucky because it was chucking it down when we went.

Basically the entire “attraction” is contained within a warehouse. There are countless bus, tram and fire engine relics of the past, all maintained by a crew of volunteers. Sadly I realised that some of the so-called antiques were vehicles I remember being in service in the early ’70’s. It’s such a cliché, but I’m really beginning to feel my age (42).

Anyhow, the buses were superb for Monty who has a typical boy fascination with buses, trains, fire engines and tractors. Visitors are allowed to board several of the buses to have a good look around and I was amazed at how Monty wanted to go on every bus and go upstairs on all of the double-deckers - he never seemed to get bored. So this was an excellent way to spend an hour or two.

Apparently there is a weekend in September or October when they take all the buses which still have MOT’s and give visitors rides all over Ipswich.

NB the museum isn’t open in the mornings very often so check the Ipswich Transport Museum website if you’d like to visit to make sure it’ll be open.

Remember this is Ipswich, not London, so keep your expectations in context. having said that, I can’t over-emphasise how much fun Monty had there climbing on the buses and exploring.

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