|
|
|
Beamish - The North of England Open Air Museum
Beamish is a living museum which is situated within a 300 acre site and provides a unique opportunity to see life as it was at 2 points in time - 1830 which is represented by Pockerley Manor and Pockerley Waggonway, and 1913 represented by Beamish Town, the Colliery Village, Home Farm and the Railway Station. Our visit was a wonderful experience lasting over 6 hours and which was complimented by kind and helpful staff all dressed in period costume. You can either take a fairly leisurely walk around the whole display or if the need arises, catch a free bus or tram. For more details of Beamish please click this link to take you direct to their website www.beamish.org.uk.
 Beamish Town is a little way from the main entrance so you can either take a country walk or arrive by free buses and trams
 School trips with a difference are oganised as children are encouraged to dress for the day in period clothing. We have never seen so many excited children even when they attended a lesson at the Colliery Village School.
 Jubilee Confectioners is a perfect step back in time with not just its superb displays but also the opportunity to taste and buy special goodies on offer.
 Dont forget to visit the Beamish website to find out more about the buildings and displays and how they came about and also to find details of opening times and admission costs etc.
 Pockerly Manor House set in open countryside.
 Set in Georgian countryside Pockerley Waggonway allows you to experience the very first rail travel by riding in an open carriage on this short railway.
|
|
 Beamish Motor and Cycle Works is an impressive period display of vehicles, advertising and equipment.
 Whenever you are ready to move on at Beamish there is always a free tram or bus with very friendly conductors and drivers waiting to take you to the next part of the site.
 This is a sweet shop 'par excellence' with its original mirrored advertising, beautiful counters and displays to make the mouth water.
 In 1913 horse drawn transport was still running alongside the new 'horsepower' and this is represented by a large and colourful display of varying types of wagons and coaches.
 The Colliery and Village give an opportunity to see the harder side of life in 1913. The houses where the workers lived were small but fairly comfortable and the nearby colliery gives some idea of the main work of the North East.
|
 The Co-operative store has wonderful period interiors including a full range of stock items that would have been for sale in 1913. Some of the following photos show various interiors.
 The period is complimented by typical advertising of the day which was so common then and which is presented in a way that brings a convincing reality of 1913 to the present time.
 nce your visit is complete you can ride the Trams at your leisure to take in what Beamish has offered you. To find out more don't forget to visit the Beamish website by clicking the link above
 The colliery lamp room provides a starting point for finding out more about mining and its dangers by taking the opportunity to visit an underground coal face.
 This important railway carriage was built in 1846 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway Co
|
 Beamish has more to offer than can be shown here, a Bank, Masonic Hall, Dentist, Solicitors Office, Printers, Pub, Railway Station and much more.
 The authentic goods on display seem as if they were made yesterday instead of 100 years ago and perhaps this is part of the success of Beamish through continually adding to the collection to make displays better and better.
 The exhibits enable the younger generations to imagine a way and pace of life that no longer exists except that is in the mind of the older generations.
 With a hard hat, low ceilings and 'guide' you are ready for an underground visit to a coal face. The knowlegable guides' give a realisic understanding of what life was like as a miner and the hardships they faced.
 The Waggonway 'Great Shed' based on Timothy Hackworth's works at Shildon, County Durham, help to bring to life the era of the first railways in the world
|
With thanks to Beamish - The North of England Open Air Museum
Site contributions are always welcomed. If you do send in images would you please email the largest possible size
as this will help us to crop and re-size but to still maintain image quality and detail which is important. Also please include any relevant information such as dates etc and also whether you would like a photographic credit. Please click here for more details about submitting images.
Your contributions are important and welcomed. Each image sent in helps to make the past a little bit clearer.
If sending images please send as large as possible as this helps with cropping and resizing whilst still maintaining a minimum quality of the original. Images between 1000 and 2000 pixels are preferred. Unfortunately we may not be able to use your image if it is too small.
We do not assume copyright of any image sent in but we do reserve the right to use any image to give the best use and effect for Vintage Garage, and to retain that use. We are pleased to give photo credits but some contributors prefer to remain anonymous. We will assume the latter unless you inform us otherwise.
If any images you send in are personal and you wish them to be marked to deter copying then please let us know and we will put a 'Protected' marker on them. This will not prevent copying but will make the image unviable accept for any personal use.
Where possible, please let us have any dates, makers names or model numbers or any other detail which will help to explain your images.
We take this opportunity of saying thanks to all those contributors who have given so generously in the past.
|
|
|
