In this episode of The Riv talks we visited the Border Flywheelers Club heritage Museum at Barham.
We caught up with Malcolm Boyd, who, along with his wife, Lynn, and another member, Gwen, is a curator at the museum.
The Border Flywheelers Heritage Museum is a place where you could spend more than a couple of hours exploring the local past, which is being preserved for the future by a dedicated bunch of volunteers.
We started with Malcolm turning on the Audiffren Refrigeration machine, which was used by the German Army in World War I and somehow ended up in Barham.
That was only a taste of what is on offer at the Border Flywheeler Club Heritage Museum located in the JR Jamieson and Co Brickworks on Jamieson Ave in Barham.
There is a lot more to look at, including a collection of local Indigenous artefacts, the remains of the local Masonic lodge, classic cars in every state and condition, from ready to take them for a spin (if the wife lets Malcolm), to needing some, or a lot, of work, and every tool and old tractor you can imagine.
Now, I’m not sure when the museum is open, but if you are in Barham and it is any day but Sunday, it is likely you will find Malcom there in the afternoon, if you drop by.
He is always up for a chat and to show you around.