County: Derbyshire
Grid Reference: SK341559
Date Visited: June 2006
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied
Back in 2007 we went on a family trip to Crich Tramway Village. Our children were still young and so they enjoyed these kinds of outings. It gave us a chance to be with their grandparents away from the usual surroundings amd take in a bit of history. Trams in their very existence can be a romantic form of transportation; not quite a bus and slower and more elegant than a train. I'm no expert or even great enthusiast but to be around these beautiful man-made beasts was something that filled us with nostalgia and pleasure like no other public transport.
Crich (apparently pronounced 'Crych') is a village a couple of miles to the south-east of the museum and is a place that will need a visit by itself. I saw recently on YouTube that Crich Tramway Village is still in operation and visited by thousands each year, which is good to see. So many museums and places of historical interest seem to be being sold off for development land, which is a crying shame. An example of this is Snibston, the technology centre and museum built near to an old mine in Leicesteshire, which has now been flattened and has become a housing estate. Around the time of our visit to Crich, we also went there on a family visit with grandparents once more.
Here is the video we took at Crych. In those days I wasn't thinking about how to edit this together it just ended up as video postcard to look back on and bore your friends with. Luckily, it's only about two and a half minutes long. Have a look.
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