Vintage Vehicles Shildon

Vintage Vehicle Shildon Ltd is a privately run museum based at Shildon in County Durham, England. The collection is mainly Commercial vehicle based, but has several rollers & other items such as yard cranes, fire engines and tractors. The collection mainly features Bedford trucks but several other Marque are also represented.

History[]

The collection was started by M. Bowman, a retired 3rd generation haulage contractor. The companies history going back to 1890 when his grandfather started with a horse and cart, hauling Coal and sand & gravel for building works in Northumberland.

The collection[]

The collection has a range of vehicles from concourse condition restorations to virtual wrecks awaiting restoration. A few of the exhibits are owned by other collectors.

1936 Bedford EMC 824
1942 Bedford OY 9847 AH
1945 Austin K2 HWB 744
1949 Bedford O JRM 354
1952 Bedford O PHW 364
1956 Bedford XWE 401
1956 Bedford RL RYX 302
1956 Dennis F12 FXG 300
1957 Dennis Horla GFO 107
1962 Bedford TK fire engine 436 CNV
1963 Bedford S 372 ECE
1966 Scammell Townsman JLE 74D
1968 Guy recovery truck ABW 87F
1973 Leyland 420FG
1974 Ford Transit ambulance AVS 578N
1976 Leyland Martian JSW 13P
1977 Bedford TK XSC 765R
1978 Bedford TK UNL 516T
1984 Ford Cargo A645 CJR
1984 Ford Cargo B931 PNB
1990 CVE Omni H397 KPY

Opening hours[]

The collection is normally open on Saturday and Sundays plus Bank Holidays. The museum will open at other times for parties to visit by prior arrangement. The Road Roller Association members had a visit in early 2010 during their AGM meeting held at nearby Durham.

The museum is located along side the 'Locomotion' railway museums demonstration track between its visitor reception and the main 'collection' building.

References / sources[]

A visit to the museum
The museum web site
RRA visit reports
Vintage Spirit Magazine

External links[]

www.vintagecommercials.co.uk - official web site

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v · d · e List of Museums featuring Tractors, Construction Plant & Industrial Machinery, Steam Engine, Commercial vehicles, Buses, Engines or Automotive related exhibits.

United Kingdom (Public bodies)	Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - Abbey Pumping Station - Beamish Open Air Museum - Bradford Industrial Museum - Chatham Historic Dockyard - Coventry Transport Museum - Glasgow Transport Museum - Kelham Island Museum - Leeds Industrial Museum - Milestones Museum - Museum of East Anglian Life - Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester - National Coal Mining Museum for England(NCMM) - Snibston Discovery Park - Summerlee Industrial Museum - The Museum of Lincolnshire Life - The Science Museum - The Science Museum at Wroughton - Wollaton Hall Industrial Museum

United Kingdom (Privately run)	Anson Engine Museum - Barleylands Farming Museum - Bolton Steam Museum - Bressingham Steam Museum - Brooklands Museum - The British Commercial Vehicle Museum - Cars of the Stars Motor Museum - Charles Burrell Museum - Claymills Pumping Station - Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre - Donington Grand Prix Exhibition - Grampian Transport Museum- Haynes Motor Museum -Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon - Hollycombe Steam collection - Internal Fire Museum - Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum - The Long Shop Museum(Garrett's) - Museum of Museums - Manchester(MOM) - The Museum of Power in Wales - Museum of Power - Essex - Museum of Transport in Manchester - National Cycle Collection - National Motorcycle Museum (UK) - National Motor Museum, Beaulieu - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre - Northwest Museum of Road Transport - Oxford Bus Museum - Rushden Transport Museum - Scarborough Fair Collection - Shuttleworth Collection - Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum - South Yorkshire Transport Museum - The Transport Museum - Wythall(Birmingham) - Thinktank, Birmingham - Thursford Steam Museum - The Vintage Excavator Trust in Cumbria - Vintage Vehicles Shildon - The Waterworks Museum - Hereford - Wheal Martyn Clay Mining Museum

European	Retromachines(France) - Scania Museum(Sweden) - Volvo Museum(Sweden)

America	Hays Antique Truck Museum - HCEA - Heidrick Agricultural History Center (Woodland, California) - Henry Ford Museum - National Construction Equipment Museum - Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum in Nebraska - add others here

Australia	Booleroo Steam & Traction Preservation Society Museum - Dardanup Heritage Park, Western Australia - Hugh Manning Museum, Australia - Pioneer Settlement Museum, Australia - Tracmach Museum in Australia

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Defunct Museums	Museum of Science & Industry Birmingham(England)

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Vintage Vehicles Shildon

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History[]

The collection[]

Opening hours[]

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