{"id":1867,"date":"2017-09-18T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2017-09-18T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:01:16","slug":"celebrate-brums-25th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"The little car on big adventures in the big town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"null\">A group of us went exploring in the Cotswolds and discovered the motor\u00a0museum that featured in the TV series Brum.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cotswoldmotoringmuseum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cotswold Motoring Museum<\/a> is in Bourton on the Water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1875\" style=\"width: 1566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1875\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum.jpg\" alt=\"Brum - photo by Juliamaud\" width=\"1566\" height=\"2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum-1190x1536.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brum-1200x1549.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1566px) 100vw, 1566px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brum &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As shown in the show, the museum has a big collection of motoring memorabilia as well as vintage car collections, classic cars and motorcycles, caravans and models.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in\u00a0motoring history of the 20th century this is a great little museum to look around. We only had a short time there and it was difficult to drag the car and motorbike enthusiasts away.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"null\">Brum<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>This was a television series from 1991 to 2002 about\u00a0a small replica car.<\/li>\n<li>Each episode began\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vZ9kM3LGe2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brum leaving the other cars in the motor museum<\/a>\u00a0when the owner wasn&#8217;t looking.<\/li>\n<li>The story sees Brum head\u00a0to the Big Town where he has adventures before returning to the museum.<\/li>\n<li>The car expresses\u00a0himself by opening and closing his doors and bonnet, &#8220;bobbing&#8221; his suspension, and flashing and swivelling but the actors never speak during the show.<\/li>\n<li>The museum owner\u00a0is the only human character who appears in every episode.<\/li>\n<li>The owner never notices Brum leave and\u00a0has no idea about his\u00a0adventures\u00a0despite finding items in the cars seats at the end of each episode.<\/li>\n<li>The series was rebooted as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RKneAlAbacw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CGI series<\/a>\u00a0in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of us went exploring in the Cotswolds and discovered the motor\u00a0museum that featured in the TV series Brum.\u00a0The Cotswold Motoring Museum is in Bourton on the Water. 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