Week 21: MOVING THE BLOOMER BACK TO WOLVERTON

The ‘Wolverton Bloomer’ replica steam train was resident in Station Square, Central Milton Keynes since 1991, when it was built by engineering apprentices. Designed by James McConnell and first engineered in the 1850s, the ‘Wolverton Bloomer’ was the most famous class of locomotive built at Wolverton Works.

In 2007 the Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage, with support from Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council, Wolverton Unlimited and Milton Keynes Council arranged for the sadly deteriorating replica to be moved back to Wolverton for public display in the town. Little did they know how long it would take before it was actually installed in its current site at Milton Keynes Museum!

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