Getting trapped

We spent some time in the rather excellent Milesones museum at Basingstoke.

They have a set of streets there laid out with buildings and artefacts from different years from the early the twentieth century, together with an area devoted to the 1940s to 1980s.

It is always worrying to find everyday objects you have owned and used turning up in museums.

There is also a concern that if you are of a certain age and you stay too long, then you may end up as part of the show.

PS. They have a pub on the premises. Yes, it really does serve beer. No - not at 1915 prices.




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  1. Anonymous23 February 2017 at 14:55

    Not seen you in a flat cap before.
    It suits you.
    JT

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