This weekend we took the kids to the James Hall Transport Museum in Johannesburg and we enjoyed a few hours amazed at the modes of transport from yesteryear.
The museum was established by the late James Hall in 1964 in conjunction with the city of Johannesburg.
We learnt that South Africa was among the forerunners in the world with the development of electric powered cars.
I saw a REAL Ford Model T for the first time, and was surprised at the workmanship of one of the first "production run" cars.
We saw quite a number of animal drawn vehicles and steam vehicles. The courtyard area was full of steam vehicles which included a Roller, wagons, a bus and a tractor. We saw a few trams which had such a wonderful charm about them, making me wish I lived in that era.
I appreciated the "ancient" fire fighting trucks and enjoyed seeing the gear the firemen wore in the early 1900's. Technology has made their job so much easier.
We finished the tour off at a high as a firm favourite in our family is Steam Locomotives. The children loved climbing in the trains and pretending to be the engineers and the conductors.
I was impressed by the great condition all the displays were in and thankful that our hard-earned tax money is being put to good use.
