Burglars use axe to break in to Bursledon Brickworks museum
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Staff at the Bursledon Brickworks Museum, in Swanwick Lane, discovered the crime on Sunday, September 6.
CCTV footage at the site has caught what appears to be three men wearing in hoodies and face coverings scoping a yard containing vintage buses.
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Hide AdRichard Newman, the site manager of the museum, said: ‘From what we can see they climbed in over the front fence on Swanwick Lane.
‘They used an axe to break the padlocks from the two train sheds and stole some power tools.
‘Whilst they took quite a few things from the train shed they couldn’t make it over the fence, so two larger items were left behind.
‘They exited the same way back onto Swanwick Lane.’
It comes as the museum, which runs the only steam driven brickworks in the country, has lost more than 90 per cent of its income so far this year due to a three-month closure during the national lockdown.
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Hide AdAbout £100 worth of power tools kept on site were taken by the burglars, according to a spokeswoman from Hampshire Constabulary.
She said: ‘We were called at 1.43pm on Sunday, September 6 to reports of a burglary at The Bursledon Brickworks, Coal Park Lane in Fareham, that is believed to have happened on Saturday, September 5 between 8pm and 9pm.
‘Entry was gained to the site and approximately £100 worth of items were stolen.’
Anyone with information can phone 101 and quote the reference number 44200343661.
The museum is open on Thursdays from 11am to 4pm.