Vintage & retro Vehicles, Toys and other stuff at the Vintage Museum

hollydolly said:
This was one of my favourites from the whole exhibition...

It's an ambulance from the 50's and 60's... so i's about 70 years old now..or more..

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The amazing thing about these ambulances back in the day is the very basic equipment inside them... I don't know if the uSA was the same I'm sure @Lewkat and or @CinnamonSugar can tell us... but certainly these here were very basic.

The monitor is an added extra explaining in Video the history of this particular ambulance model

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Ambulances in the USA always had the current equipment in them. Even today, people would be amazed what the average ambulance carries. The Paramedics are ready for most crises.
 
Georgiagranny said:
What cool pictures! And what a great idea for a business. It must have taken hours to get through the entire place.
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it didn't take us hours to go around, but it easily could if you looked at every exhibit.. for example.. there are several glass cases of Vintage cameras ( I'll post photos tomorrow).. so if you were interested in those alone you could be there for a good while.

There was a lot of older men..chatting in the car repair shops, all having a great time talking about engines et al...

There's also a very busy cafe in there too...
 
Lewkat said:
Ambulances in the USA always had the current equipment in them. Even today, people would be amazed what the average ambulance carries. The Paramedics are ready for most crises.
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The ambulances here Lois.. are like mini hospitals..they have a vast amount of equipment in them

back in the day the ambulance above was one I was familiar with. I;d been blue lighted to hopsital as a child a couple of times in one, and I remember the feel of the rubber sheeting on the beds..

I also witness my mother being transported in one when I was very young and she had attempted her first suicide.. and climbed in the back to go with her and the Paramedic ( ambulance workers as they were then ).. kept lifting me back out onto the pavement ...but it shows just what sticks in your mind !
 
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Lewkat said:
Everything looks to be in pretty good shape, Holly. Whoever owned those items, took good care of them.
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yes they are all from hundreds of donators...some in fabulous condition, other not so much...but still a historical record.

Aside from some very expensive and non replaceable things, this museum unlike most if not all others , allow you to touch things.. or climb into them... like the bus, and the ambulance etc

All the toys are touchable too...
 
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hollydolly said:
This is a vintage Mock shop as it would have been 70 or 80 years ago


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When, 40+ years ago, I moved to the part of the valley that I now live in, there was a Welsh woman who had a shop pretty much in this style. She was an immigrant from Britain, but I never learned how long she'd been living here.

I guess she was prim by nature... she was noted for presenting a dour demeanor to anyone younger than middle-aged. Most things were behind her counters, and we got the sense she was perpetually on-guard for shoplifters. Poor woman, I'm really not sure whom she trusted amongst humanity. A friendly Irishman a couple decades younger eventually bought the store and restyled it completely inside.
 
JBR said:
When, 40+ years ago, I moved to the part of the valley that I now live in, there was a Welsh woman who had a shop pretty much in this style. She was an immigrant from Britain, but I never learned how long she'd been living here.

I guess she was prim by nature... she was noted for presenting a dour demeanor to anyone younger than middle-aged. Almost everything was behind her counters, and we got the sense she was perpetually on-guard for shoplifters. Poor woman, I'm really not sure whom she trusted amongst humanity. A friendly Irishman a couple decades younger eventually bought the store and restyled it completely inside.
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How very strange ! Maybe she had a shop like this in the 50's and when she arrived in the USA set it up exactly the same way... doesn't sound like she was very happy ...
 


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