Shirley Nix said:

> When AMICA had a convention in England we were taken to the Thursford
> Museum, which was super.  Lots and lots of wonderful mechanical music
> machines, an old merry-go-round of an entirely different genre, and a
> cute after-dinner show.  The organs ranged from mid-sized up to huge
> dance organs.  Really quite a place.

> Does anyone happen to know its exact location and how to get there
> from London?  We have members going to London on their honeymoon and
> we don't want them to miss it.

Brits wouldn't regard the Thursford Collection as local to London !
Address is Thursford Green, Thursford, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 0AS,
phone +44 (0)1328 878477.  It's quite close to Fakenham, about a
three-hour drive from London.  The nearest main rail station is Norwich
(London 2 hours), about 30 miles away with a fair bus service to
Thursford or the museum may have a minibus for parties.

There are quite a few MM centres nearer to London (driving times
in brackets):

  Fairground and Dutch Street Organs, The Waterings, Dunmow Road,
  Felsted, Essex CM6 3LD phone +44 (0)1371 820415 (1 1/2 hours)

  Mechanical Music and Doll Collection, Church Road, Portfield,
  Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4HN phone +44 (0)1243 785421 (2 hours,
  hourly trains)

  Mechanical Music Museum, Cotton, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 4QN
  phone +44 (0)1449 781988 (2 hours, hourly trains)

  St Albans Organ Museum, 320 Camp Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 5PB
  phone +44 (0)1727 851557 (1 hr, good suburban train service)

  Rye Treasury of Mechanical Music, 20 Cinque Ports Street, Rye, East
  Sussex TN31 7AD phone +44 1797 223345 (no answering machine or fax)
  (new - reported on by me in MMD980418) (2 1/2 hours, fair train
  service)

(I trust all these are in the MMD resource list ?)

Dan Wilson, London