After lunch at the Flying Standard, 11 of us settled in for a one-hour guided tour of the Coventry Transport Museum.
Our loquacious tour guide kept us on our toes by singling out individuals to interrogate with leading questions (i.e. none of us fell asleep 😉).
We saw a truly impressive array of bicycles, motorbikes, cars and other vehicles. All testament to the importance of Coventry over many years to the growth and decline of those industries in the area. On a positive note, Jaguar still has a strong presence in the area and the new Jaguar gallery shows how the marque has developed.
Most exciting of all – for Pete at least – was the open-top bus used in 1987 to celebrate winning the F.A. Cup … and the F.A. Youth Cup (now how many of us knew that?!).
MIRTH 