A NEW exhibition about yesteryear’s local public transport has opened at Musselburgh Museum.

Entitled ‘Fares Please’, the display reveals the trains, trams and buses that served the town in the day before mass car ownership, when most people relied on public transport to get around.

It tells the story through information boards, models, photographs, maps and some transport-related artefacts.

Former local councillor Barry Turner, who, with long-term museum supporter Simon Fairnie, has put the display together, told the Courier: “I have been a transport enthusiast since childhood. When I moved here from Hertfordshire in 2000, I took a keen interest in the development of the area’s public transport and made contact with fellow enthusiasts from further afield.

“Material from these contacts, from a number of local people, from the museum’s archive, and loans from other museums, have enabled us to assemble an interesting and varied display which we hope will jog the memories of older residents and show younger ones how things used to be.”

The exhibition is open between 10.30am and 4pm, Thursday to Saturday, until June 8. The museum is located at 65 High Street, Musselburgh. Museum volunteers will be on hand to help visitors.