Went for a visit to the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum on Sunday... been meaning to go for ages - and it was a suitably grotty day outside - so off we all went. It certainly is an odd place - run by fire and police vehicle / memorabillia enthusiasts... quite run down - but there's some interesting stuff. It's quite a spooky old building... made slightly more sinister by all the manequins wearing gas masks and moth eaten old uniforms that are lurking around every corner...my daughter was a bit freaked out! Apparently they do supernatural sleepover nights... I don't think we'll be doing that any day soon!!
The old building has Europe's tallest fireman's pole - dropping 3 floors - they don't let you go on it though...probably for the best!...
The high light for the kids was a ride in an old fire engine around the local streets. I would have liked to have had more of a nosey around the old police cells...but I had to whisk the kids out sharpish before they saw the old black and white murder scene photos that were on the shelves in one of the cells - gruesome indeed!!
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