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Amberley Working Museum was one of the first of a BT distributed community
of partner museums. The purpose-built display centre housing the telephone
collection opened in May 2002 and is now a well-established attraction at
Amberley.
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Index | The Connected Earth Displays | The UAX 13
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www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/
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The Connected Earth Displays
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The displays of telephones are just one
part of the Connected Earth Centre within the grounds of Amberley Working
Museum. THG member Laurence Rudolf took some photos in July 2005.
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The UAX
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A working UAX13 which supports the Museum's telephone system...
Within the grounds of Amberley Museum, the Telephone Exchange is a
working UAX13 complete with a rack of batteries,
test rack & MDF with a full 50 lines
of Strowger equipment. The exchange was originally
installed in 1940 in Coolham.
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Southdown Bus Garage
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The Southdown Bus Garage is just a small part of the transport history
at Amberley Working Museum.
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Beware the
Trains
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The chalk pits and the railway are a dominant feature of Amberley Working
Museum. Filming for the James Bond series 'A View to a Kill' took place on
this site.
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Other
Features
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ROBEY, oil engine |
An ornate mains transformer, just part of the SEEBOARD electricity
display. |
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