Obscure and niche tourist attractions

[vernon]

The bagpipe museum in Morpeth, Northumberland, is great, if you like bagpipes.
http://www.morpethbagpipemuseum.org.uk/

@vernon might enjoy it, I reckon.

It's been on my radar and to-do list. My Northumbrian pipes need attention and I aim to combine a visit to a pipe maker and the museum sometime soon.

 

[vernon]

A woman of taste and discernment then....



...how on earth did she end up with you?

She suspended her disbelief....

 

[snorri]

Not sure how obscure that is, it appears on many peoples bucket lists, including mine

It was a toss up between that and the Whaligoe Steps.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I see they've got a Day long on Meditation and Mindfulness. So if @Hill Wimp goes missing for a couple of hours while you're in the pub, you'll know where to find her!

Ooo i didn't know that

 

[jefmcg]

Worm museum, Victoria, Australia.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wildlife-wonderlands-giant-earthworm-museum

Ah yes, an old favourite of mine, driven past it dozens of times. I remember the disturbing time I noticed the sign outside changed from "World's Only Worm Museum" to "World's First Worm Museum"

It was opened for very cynical reasons. 100km out of Melbourne there is Phillip Island, sand, sea, surf, seals and - most important - a large fairy penguin colony, and the famous "Penguin Parade". People of Gippsland watch wistfully as all the coaches go by, full of tourists not stopping and spending money. So - they built a worm museum.

 

[craigwend]

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631492&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
http://s156.photobucket.com/user/craigwend/library/Hull Transport Museum May 2014?sort=3&page=1
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http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631546&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
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http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631133&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

 

[growingvegetables]

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631133&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

+1 for the Arctic Corsair

 

[Bollo]

The bagpipe museum in Morpeth, Northumberland, is great, if you like bagpipes.
http://www.morpethbagpipemuseum.org.uk/

@vernon might enjoy it, I reckon.

You'll know the Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh. It looks like it's been rehoused from when I was a kid, but it was part of the standard day-out-along-the-coast when we had visitors.

There's no need for a multi day ticket, but it's an interesting story and she's a bit of a poster-lady for the North Northumberland coast. I love the fact she only got a silver medal from the RLNI. What the feck do you have to do to get a gold one!?

 

[vernon]

What the feck do you have to do to get a gold one!?

Drown.

 

[Bollo]

Drown.

Fail! No medal for failure.

 

[vernon]

Fail! No medal for failure.

Gold medallists are successful at drowning.

 

[jefmcg]

You'll know the Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh. It looks like it's been rehoused from when I was a kid, but it was part of the standard day-out-along-the-coast when we had visitors.

I remember watching Brideshead Revisited many, many years ago, and one of the young men swoons at the sight of the rowing crew and says "all boatmen are Grace Darlings to me". As it was in the days before google (Larry and Sergey would have been about 10), I was lucky my erudite father was able to explain who she was.

There's no need for a multi day ticket, but it's an interesting story and she's a bit of a poster-lady for the North Northumberland coast. I love the fact she only got a silver medal from the RLNI. What the feck do you have to do to get a gold one!?

Apparently you have to be bringing in the cash. Anyone can save a life, but only a special few can fill empty one of those boat-shaped coin boxes. Edit. Read the link. She doesn't fill the coinboxes, she empties them.

Edit number 2: Oh, a gold award for gallantry/bravery? A quick google suggests you probably need a penis and testicles to win that.

 

[PeteXXX]

For those who like underground stuff, I enjoy looking at www.subbrit.org.uk also at https://m.facebook.com/subbrit/ this page on FB.
All sorts of bunkers, tunnels and holes in the ground!

 

[Freds Dad]

For those who like underground stuff, I enjoy looking at www.subbrit.org.uk also at https://m.facebook.com/subbrit/ this page on FB.
All sorts of bunkers, tunnels and holes in the ground!

Something similar can be found at http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/

 

[Brains]

We have our local museum dedicated to Fans, (the flappy kind, not the visiting kind)
https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/