Beamish Museum

We visit the Beamish Open-Air Museum in Northumberland, a recreation of a 1913 town. (01 December, 78 photos)

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Mike and Claire - Tram stop at the museum entrance
Beamish tramway
Beamish tramway
Two trams at the museum entrance
Inside the tram
A tram in the town
A tram in the town
The dentist and music teacher meet the tram
Sarah at the tram stop
Tram stop in town
The tram waiting room
Tram stop in town
Inside the tram - driver controls
Guard at the tram stop
Tram stop at the museum entrance
Advert for soap
Adverts at the tram stop
Army advert
Adverts in the museum block
Advert for sheep medicine
The co-op in town
The house (left) and pub (right)
The co-op in town
Sarah on the tramway
The bank and masonic hall
Making music outside the Co-op
Bus outside the sweet shop
Bus outside the sweet shop
Tram outside the bank
Row of shops in town
The masonic hall
Inside the solicitor's office
Inside the solicitor's office
Bathroom in the house
Bathroom in the house
Children's room in the house
Children's room in the house
Dining room in the house
Dining room in the house
Dining room in the house
Living room in the house at Christmas
Living room in the house at Christmas
Living room in the house
The dentist's gas chambers
The dentist and his drill
The dentist's tools
The dentist's room
Inside the newsagents
Inside the newsagents
Inside the newsagents
The printing press
Inside the print-shop
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
Making sweets at the bank of the confectioners
The sweet shop
The sweet shop window
Sarah and I outside the sweet shop
The Sun Inn - town pub
Notices in the pub entrance
The town's garage
The town's garage
The town's garage
The town's garage
The town's garage
Inside the bank
Sarah opening an account
Inside the bank
Inside the bank manager's office
Inside the bank's vault
Inside the bank's vault
Shillings at the bank
The bank's window - they do colonial transactions!
Inside the Co-op
The Co-op's window