A Day Trip to Beamish

Hello there, I'm glad you stopped by. Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment last time, it's good to hear from you. It was my eldest son's birthday last Sunday, he's 22 years old. He decided he wanted to go visit Beamish again, we think the last time we went was 2008. The boys were 8 and 5 years old back then. At the time we lived in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, just 2 hours away. 
So on Saturday morning we drove up North to Beamish in Durham UK, it took nearly 3 hours. With Johnny in our car, we took Angus with us and met my eldest son Nat and his girlfriend Ellis in the Services. Not being able to explain to a dog, he must've thought the beach was a long way that day. 

Tickets still need to be booked online but you get an annual pass, so you can return as many times as you wish that year. Through their Instagram account we discovered that Beamish was hosting the Steam Gala. It was amazing seeing all the vehicles out on the roads bringing the walk between buildings to life. Mark in particular loved seeing the vehicles they tooted, steamed and smoked, trundling heavily along the roads. Volunteers dressed as policemen kept pedestrians out the road and waved on bikes. Just round the corner was the start of the 1950's town, it's in development stage so will grow into a much bigger high street. 

 

There are trams every 20 minutes to take you between buildings, they're all in the ticket price. Only refreshments and the playground has an extra cost.

Edwardian town. 

A huge teapot

I'm not sure about the cold cure - laxatives are involved!

Haberdashery 

Laundry help anyone? 

I love the Victorian wash stands

The crew, my family. I must get in the picture next time. As you can see in the picture, it was a bitter cold day. 

Weardale farm, you may have seen this on the BBC Matt Baker program - On holiday with Mum & Dad. There was a story made about it on the Beamish Instagram account. This particular farm was moved brick by brick from Weardale in Yorkshire. 

Upstairs I was delighted to find Patons Woodcraft book, it's amazing to think that many knitters still have a copy of this.  There are many different covers and variations but still a much treasured collection of patterns. 

I hope you have enjoyed your look around Beamish here today, the map photo above replaces the paper guide. Of course there is more to be seen, the school, church, bank, manor house, many shops and dentist. There are houses that you can wander round including the miners cottages and the Victorian farm. We took a packed lunch and ate in the band stand area. We hope to go again in the summer when it's warmer. It really is a fantastic place to visit. 
Beamish website here.

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Ttfn 
Cathy x