JACK TUCKER'S GARAGE
A permanent, multi award-winning 1930's garage has been created within the Museum, complete
down to the last nut and bolt and rusty drainpipe. Whilst the building is a complete
fabrication, everything in it - all the fixtures, fittings, tools and ephemera - are genuine
artefacts collected over a period of 25 years.
The garage portrays the transition from blacksmith and wheelwright to a country garage servicing
the needs of the 1930's motorist. Visitors are able to experience the working of garages of this
era and can learn many interesting facts and trivia, such as why there were so many different
petrol companies pumps on the forecourt. |
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Who was Jack Tucker ? |
Although the garage is not based on any particular garage, a lot of the
artifacts and the general mood of what was created came from William Tucker & Son, West End
Garage, Wedmore, Somerset. Jack Tucker was the son, who retired in 1985, and it is his name that
was borrowed for this reconstruction. |
Audio Visual |
Through an audio visual presentation, visitors can discover, mainly through the
medium of personal memories, the overall story of the development of the garage and filling
station from its earliest days right up to the present day. |
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