Today, I had the good fortune to be out with the extended family! We went to Beamish open air museum, a well renowned 'living history' of the previous century or so in the North East of England.
The Entrance
A wee coal wagon.
The kiosk to enter by.
Team Photo (1)
Team Photo (2) Divn't blink pet!
One of the buses which help people round the site...
...and one of the trams.
Our first port of call.
Another Tram.
The Pit village.
The Church
A nice lady doing ? Tapestry?
The Nettie
Inside the houses
The School
We had lunch, my Count Binface guarded the bin.
A crane, presumably for shifting coal?
A Pit Head winch wheel.
The tram tracks followed our route round the site.
A small period playground...or imagination island from 'Inside Out'?
This is a Krupp 15cm K16 barrel/receiver on it's rohrwagen
Hi to you too!
Our last visit, the 1900 village.
The dentists!
Nice waiting room.
Wagon storage
Horse storage.
The cinema, we saw some newsreels and short films.
1950-60 Period shops
It was a really good visit, and I enjoyed it a lot!
