Bradford & District | Archive | 2002 | April | 02
From the Telegraph & Argus, first published Tuesday 2nd Apr 2002.
The Museum of Rail Travel, at Ingrow, Keighley, has been awarded £24,300 in lottery cash towards the restoration of a historic carriage.
The money -- from the Heritage Lottery Fund -- will help meet the £35,000 cost of restoring the interior of the 19th-century GNR carriage, which was badly damaged by fire in 1996.
The exterior has already been restored to its original varnished teak finish, with hand-painted monograms.
BBC productions -- including "The Way We Live Now" with David Suchet, and a documentary about the painter Turner -- have used the carriage in filming.
The grant is the second from the Heritage Lottery Fund to be awarded to the Vintage Carriages Trust, which owns the award-winning museum.
Six years ago the VCT received £222,800 towards the cost of disabled access improvements at the museum and the construction of a purpose-built restoration workshop.
The museum has been praised as one of the many jewels in Bradford's Capital of Culture bid.
Bid director Paul Brookes said: "The museum is a fascinating archive of railwayana. Now that our Capital of Culture bid is in, it's even more important that we let the rest of the world know of the many cultural and heritage attractions to be found in Bradford."
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