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Trevor Baylis Turns Inspector Gadget at Kew Bridge Steam Museum Print
Thursday, 05 January 2006 16:31
Are you one of the millions who received yet another gadget this Christmas? Is your New Year’s resolution to throw out the old dusty gadgets along with that pair of socks you received from Granny? Well wait one moment before you do so! Trevor Baylis OBE, and all round gadget king, will be on hand this Friday (6 January) to assess their potential use and officially open the Wondrously Wacky Gadgets exhibition at The Kew Bridge Steam Museum. He will be joined by another veteran gadget king, Maurice Collins, owner and collector of the exhibition’s ingenious gadgets.  
Lesley Bossine, Director of the Museum said: "If you have a gadget, old or new, you are about to chuck out with the Christmas tree, then hold on! Please contact us at the museum and we’ll see if we can assess its usefulness. After all, what a bonus to have two of the world’s greatest gadget experts under one roof at the same time!”  
 
Maurice Collins’ bizarre collection of ingenious gadgets, built up over the past 30 years goes on show to the public from Saturday 7 January 2006. The exhibition will engage and amuse everyone, both young and old. Come and explore this amazing collection of fascinating and visually intriguing gadgets and mind-boggling technology from days of old. It contains some of the most weird and eccentric labour saving devices ever thought up, by the imagination of people hoping to strike it rich by their creation.  
 
Marvel at the ingenuity of the gadgets and find out how to make the perfect camping cuppa 1920s style and see a self-pouring teapot, just press the lid and out comes a perfect cup of tea! Come and see a portable water closet from 1844, before the days of proper bathrooms! The exhibition contains an interactive section where visitors can attempt to guess the purpose of the gadget and the truth is revealed to see if you guessed correctly! Fascinating and humorous, this exhibition will intrigue and amuse and is a testament to human ingenuity and resourcefulness.  
 
Trevor Baylis said: "Most of us instinctively think that a gadget must have been done before, and then ten years later see the wretched thing in a shop window thinking to ourselves 'Why didn't I do something about it then?!”
 
As well as being a passionate collector of gadgets, Maurice also gives regular talks about his collections and he is the author of two books ‘Ingenious Gadgets’ and ‘Eccentric Contraptions’, both of which will be on sale at the museum during the exhibition.
 
Maurice Collins said; “ We’d like to hear about your gadgets. If Trevor confirms they have no potential, then I may have a place for them in my collection.” Maybe Trevor himself will be inspired and find a great new product from my gadget collection.”
 
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