Having started a Museums section on the website,
we thought we really ought to include the one on our own doorstep:
Ipswich Transport Museum. The collection of motorcycles is in two
areas facing each other across a gangway.
As well as the motor cycles, this first area
includes a Wall’s Ice Cream tricycle from the 1950s …
… and an Ivy delivery tricycle from about
1910.
The second area includes the
machines that were made in Suffolk.
Now a more detailed look, starting with this 1950
New Hudson autocycle. The museum collects vehicle used or made in
and around Ipswich so there will be severa DX and PV registrations
about.
Another autocycle: a Raynal Auto from 1950.
This 1959 Cezeta scooter was originally supplied by Revett’s
of Ipswich.
A 1953 AJS 16MS and a 1979 Triumph Bonneville.
Honda C90
This Ipswich-made Stella Mini Bike will be familiar to anyone
who’read the articles on this website.
The
two Suffolk-made SIMs have also been featured in our articles.
High above the other machines is a Cyclemaster in a Triumph
bicycle.
Next to the motor cycles are the
pedal cycles. At one end is a display devoted to Ipswich Bicycle
Club …
… at the other end are Post Office bicycles,
including a telephone box cleaner’s bicycle …
… and between them is all this.
The museum also has a reconstruction of a bicycle shop
Among the many exhibits in the shop is a sectioned Mobylette
frame.
Published June 2024
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