Part 1: Britain’s 30 most eccentric museums
Part 1: Ben le Vay travelled the country looking for all things British and eccentric. Here he reveals the first 15 of the country’s most odd museums
Ben le Vay travelled up and down the country seeking out the the wierdest, wackiest and most British things about this curious country for his new book, Eccentric Britain. Here, in the first of a two-part feature, he reveals 15 of Britain’s most eccentric museums.
1. Chair museum, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
More interesting than you expect when you get furnished with the details. For instance, bodging is the art much practised in the woods hereabouts of spinning a bit of wood on a forest lathe to make ornate chair legs. Hence the Bodgers Arms pub nearby. You wooden credit it. Local council meetings could be confusing, however. ‘The sitting chair chair is going to table a motion…’
More information can be found here: Wycombe local history and chair museum
2. Cinema Organ museum, St Albans, Hertfordshire
