Patience Is A Virtue.
The South Yorkshire Transport Museum – one of Rotherham’s Hidden Gems – has completed its latest project. A team of volunteers from within its membership has completed this charity’s latest 85 sq. m. new display area – part of which is shown in the photograph. To minimise costs; the construction work and the fitting out was done by Museum members and was supported by local businesses.
Changes in regulations after the project was conceived resulted in delays to the work but it received full Building Regulations approval in May – so the area is now fully open to the public on ‘Open Days’ and for group or school visits. There is a stairlift – so that there is disabled access plus two staircases allow an easy flow of visitors across the viewing space. Although at first floor level, there are even small cars on the mezzanine – it’s amazing what ingenuity can achieve!
The project fell into a gap between the timings of grant funding schemes and had to be almost entirely funded by the Museum – which would love some new commercial sponsors to come forward and help to replenish its funds. Sponsorship can be given public recognition or can be on discreet basis. The contact is Philip Morton (phil. morton@sytm.co.uk) and the website is www.sytm.co.uk