Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Museum.

The kids and I spent an enjoyable hour at the REME Museum out Chippenham way. Basically the REME love putting winches and hoists on things. I could have spent longer and will go back without the kids. If you listen to and read all the displays etc, it’s a couple of hours. Also a café on site.

WW2 Churchill recovery vehicle.
I put my hat on the Churchill at around 6′ for scale. Big beast!
Bedford lorry with generator and workshop. There are a couple of lathes and other machine tools.
A Challenger recovery vehicle with bulldozer blade.
A little arctic runabout that looked like it was home made.

My uncle Dan had served in the REME at the end of WW2. I had not realised how close to my house this museum is. It took about 45 minutes to get there, so no excuse for not going back.

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