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Milestones Museum 10th July 2015
  

 

Report by Sue Kett on Milestones.
More than 25 of us went to the Milestone Museum at Basingstoke on 9th July. It was an enjoyable ride through the beautiful Sussex and Hampshire countryside. We arrived about noon on a lovely sunny day and most of us headed towards the cafe for an early lunch.
The displays cover the period of the first eight decades of the 20th century. Many of the exhibits were familiar to us, such as cylinder vacuum cleaners and old gas cookers! There was a penny arcade where you could have a go. I didn’t win anything, but it was fun.
At 2.00pm there was a presentation entitled “make do and mend”, which was set in the second world war. Two fabrics that were highly valued were parachute silk and off cuts of barrage balloon material. The latter unfortunately was camouflaged!! If you saw a parachute in the sky, you hopped on your bike taking your large scissors with you in the hope of getting a good supply of silk. For the ladies they were tips on how to extend the life of your make up and pretend stockings You covered your legs with a diluted solution gravy browning (remember that you can still buy it) and then draw a seem with a cork that had been burnt and blackened. You had to watch out for the local dogs, who loved the taste of gravy browning. There were some cooking tips and I brought home and tried a recipe for the famous “Walton pie” it was very filling but a bit bland in taste. The sort of thing I would nowadays cover in tomato Ketchup. By this time we were in need of refreshment and retired to the cafe to sit outside in the sunshine enjoying coffee and ice cream.
We departed for home just before 4pm

 

 
  Milestones Museum
 
  Roger and Kieth
 
  Diamond Coaches
 
  Terry and Gaynor
 
  Milestones Museum
 
  Robin and Clare in the Dinosaur exhibition
 
  Savoy Buildings
 
  Milestones
 
  Gordon Sue Carol and Marion
 
  Janet
 
  Roger
 
  Keith
 
  Keith with Linda and Carole
 
  Sue and Audrey
 
  Peter Cora and Robin
 
  Milestones
 
  Barbara and Betty
 
  Marion
 
  Carol
 
  Penny arcade
 
  Bob
 
  Bob
 
  Milestones
 
  Terry
 
  Gill and Pat
 
  Ann and Jewel
 
  A Make and Mend talk
 
  Gordon
 
  Karen
 
  Roger and Beulah
 
  Er??
 
  Cora and Peter With Roger who's buying a new broom for Beulah
 
  Switch the power on full blast
 
  Tram
 
  Robin by a train wearing a pith helmet, because!!!
 
  Milestones
 
  Clare in the gift shop
 
  Pat
 
  Gordon talking to Pat with Alan the best coach driver.
   
  The End