Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I'm having an unusually long period of Not Being In London and won't be
able to visit until Wednesday. I wonder if anyone has any positive (or
otherwise!) Things to say about what we have to see for two years of
closure?
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I'm having an unusually long period of Not Being In London and won't
be able to visit until Wednesday. I wonder if anyone has any
positive (or otherwise!) Things to say about what we have to see for
two years of closure?

Most of the people who have seen it have been disappointed.

In message , John Rowland
writes
Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I'm having an unusually long period of Not Being In London and won't
be able to visit until Wednesday. I wonder if anyone has any
positive (or otherwise!) Things to say about what we have to see for
two years of closure?

Most of the people who have seen it have been disappointed.

Have these been people who've been in since it opened, or people who
were working (or similar) in there before an actual opening?

I have to confess it's not what I wanted to hear but the simplification
of Museums is becoming a depressingly regular occurrence these days. I
do hope it's not true at the LT Museum.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

John Rowland wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I'm having an unusually long period of Not Being In London and won't
be able to visit until Wednesday. I wonder if anyone has any
positive (or otherwise!) Things to say about what we have to see for
two years of closure?

Most of the people who have seen it have been disappointed.

How do you know?
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

Richard J. wrote:
John Rowland wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I'm having an unusually long period of Not Being In London and won't
be able to visit until Wednesday. I wonder if anyone has any
positive (or otherwise!) Things to say about what we have to see for
two years of closure?

Most of the people who have seen it have been disappointed.

How do you know?

You got me. I should have said "All the people I know who have been in it
were disappointed."

On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have. Theres definately been a dumbing down.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have. Theres definately been a dumbing down.

B2003


Did you go upstairs in the new shop? The enthusiast type stuff,
including at least four rows of back to back shelving full of books is
up there.

On Nov 23, 5:11 pm, John Swallow wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have. Theres definately been a dumbing down.

B2003

Did you go upstairs in the new shop? The enthusiast type stuff,
including at least four rows of back to back shelving full of books is
up there.


Ah ,. must've missed that. Was a quick flying visit while I was on my
way to elsewhere. I'll have to go back again.

B2003

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:20:25 -0800 (PST), Boltar
wrote:

On Nov 23, 5:11 pm, John Swallow wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have. Theres definately been a dumbing down.

B2003

Did you go upstairs in the new shop? The enthusiast type stuff,
including at least four rows of back to back shelving full of books is
up there.


Ah ,. must've missed that. Was a quick flying visit while I was on my
way to elsewhere. I'll have to go back again.

The main staircase is to the right as you enter the museum. If you are
on the ground floor of the shop there is an extra staircase at the very
back on the right - by the EFE Bus models.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

In message
,
Boltar writes
On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have.
The shop's been open for ages and not only do I think it very good, it
has lots and lots of books, both on LT and on railways and other
subjects (eg design, architecture, tourist books).

They are all upstairs, though; did you not go up there, perhaps?

What I *have* noticed is an improvement in the attitude or at the least
the friendliness of staff there. As I've commented here before, often
at the old shops they sometimes made me feel as though I was
interrupting their private lives whenever I went in to buy anything.
On my visits to the new shop I've not had this happen once.

Theres definately been a dumbing down.

If I have a complaint, it's the new cafe! We went in there the first
week it opened. Although I'm quite used to the area having inflated
prices, I almost choked at the GBP2.50 bill for a cup of coffee.
Imagine my delight when going to pay for two cups I was faced with a
bill of GBP5.63, the 63p being for service!

Even for Covent Garden that is taking the ****! :-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk