Avro museum at Woodford (ex aerodrome)

[RadcliffeRick]

Shame there are no Manchester’s still left. Such a beautiful aircraft if somewhat cursed.

I think the Vulture engine did for this plane

 

[west didsblue]

Same family own it. But they’ve had plenty of issues. Shame really, decent pub. Can be a bit cliquey…

Hallworth family iirc.
The current landlady (Yvonne I think?) was a young barmaid when I first went there in 1984.
Only get in there for the occasional reunion and not been in since Covid.

 

[Big mals fedora]

I went to the museum today.

Avro Heritage Museum | Aviation | Woodford | Stockport

The Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum on the old Woodford airfield near Stockport and south of Manchester, Cheshire.

www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk

Really good.

Gorgeous Vulcan parked outside. 3 cockpit chats available (pay extra) - Lancaster cut off replica, Vulcan cut off, VC10 cutoff. (I think there’s a nimrod cut off as well, but wasn’t available)
‘simple’ flight simulator.
VR experience of a Lancaster bomber raid.
Lots of models and details about Avro products.
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The staff (all volunteers) were marvellous, and most seemed to have worked on the site.

It was odd driving through the (still being built) housing estate to get to it. But lovely to see the Vulcan - fond memories of it banking over the crowd at air show in my youth there.

Went in there 2-3 years ago, they had a big green leather chair in there that they said was installed in one of the aircraft which was used for transporting Churchill to various countries for meetings during WW2. Was quite an experience standing looking at it imagining some of Winnie’s cigar ash being down the side of the chair!!!!

 

[JASR]

Went in there 2-3 years ago, they had a big green leather chair in there that they said was installed in one of the aircraft which was used for transporting Churchill to various countries for meetings during WW2. Was quite an experience standing looking at it imagining some of Winnie’s cigar ash being down the side of the chair!!!!

yes it's still there.

 

[andyhinch]

Same family own it. But they’ve had plenty of issues. Shame really, decent pub. Can be a bit cliquey…

Always was a bit, I should pop in sometime

 

[idahoblues]

Always was a bit, I should pop in sometime

If you'd quit wrecking yourself you could

 

[andyhinch]

If you'd quit wrecking yourself you could

There is that, but I get more visitors here than I ever did at home.

 

[idahoblues]

There is that, but I get more visitors here than I ever did at home.

Any bed baths?

 

[andyhinch]

Any bed baths?

Not from any visitors but they wouldn’t be welcome from some

 

[idahoblues]

Not from any visitors but they wouldn’t be welcome from some

I'll come visit, bring my own sponge