The Long Shop Museum at Leiston in Suffolk is dedicated to preserving the memory of Richard Garrett & Sons and forms the focal point of this video. The museum centres around the Long Shop itself, a grade two star listed building, which when originally constructed in 1852/53 became the first flow line production line in the world.
There are many Garrett artifacts and products housed in the museum, some of which are examined, along with preserved Garrett steam engines which are seen at events around the UK. Rare cine archive footage shows Garrett peat harvesting equipment at work in Ireland and trolley buses which were built by Garretts in the 1920s.
In 2001 an event was held at the Long Shop Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary, an event which attracted steam engines from various parts of the country, including a 1926 Garrett wagon which travelled all the way from Yorkshire under its own power. Part of the wagon’s journey is captured along with footage of the other attending engines which included a self moving portable which was making its first ever appearance in public
