Pitstone Green Museum

Pitstone Green Museum is out in the countryside,
And one in which its volunteers can feel a sense of pride.
Open only occasionally, it's well worth a visit when
Comes a Bank Holiday Monday or summer Sunday again.
There's plenty of space for parking, as if you're coming from far
It's really quite hard to get to unless you possess a car.
There's enough for an all-day visit; it's open eleven 'til five,
With hundreds of texts and exhibits to make the past come alive.
The Ivinghoe Brewery story, a wealth of country pursuits,
Making lace, straw plaiting and much with rural roots.
Tools of trade and pastimes, toys and times of war,
Items of handmade clothing, which used to be worn before.
Lots of farm machinery, lovingly restored,
Items from old kitchens which will strike a familiar chord.
A blacksmith's shop and a carpenters; a brush shop's included, too.
Along with a model railway, so smart it looks like new.
A room from the 1940s; a plumber's and cobbler's shop;
The photo room and the film show are worth a lengthy stop.
A wheelwright's and a printer's; computers from the past;
Typewriters and comptometers, together with a vast
Array of collected items from the home of Mr. Cook,
Now housed in the Museum, and deserve a longish look.
A tractor ride to the windmill might make a small child's day,
Along with fields which give the chance to be outside and play.
All are housed in buildings which existed on the farm,
All all exude a certain air of rustic rural charm.
The volunteers are super, and they take their job to heart,
Involved with the Museum, they've much knowledge to impart.
At any large museum it is quite safe to assume
Somewhere in its precincts there will be a nice tea-room.
And so it is at Pitstone, where they serve delicious fare,
Teas and cakes and sandwiches, they all are offered there.
It's worth a day long visit, I think all would soon agree,
Because there really is so much that one can do and see.