We recently spent an enjoyable day at the Beamish Museum https://www.beamish.org.uk/ ‘The Living Museum of the North’. It is a vast site and includes relocated buildings making up a small town, pit village, colliery, farm, railway station and much more, all connected by a tramway and other forms of period transport. What really brings it to life is the small army of staff and volunteers who clearly enjoy living out the lives of the characters they depict. It was school-trip season but that didn’t detract and it was good to see young people engaging with all that was on offer.
I am sure we will return on the annual pass offer (pay once and return as often as you like in the next twelve months). Hopefully one or two more blogs to follow shortly but in the meantime here are a few ‘Beamish People’. I couldn’t resist a bit of post shutter editing as these seemed to cry out for some monochrome treatment. I hope you agree.
John's Postcards 
The photos are quite stunning and monochrome give them such sharpness of detail. Glad you and Sue felt so welcome in the area of my birth.
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Thanks Derek, we certainly did feel welcome!
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It is a great museum but not worth queuing for the fish and chips!
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We guessed as much Andrew. We didn’t need any and there was a sign saying 1 hour wait from that point because of the traditional way they cook them.
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This wonderful museum is on our list of places to go whenever we are able to travel to County Durham. I love the photos, John!
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Thank you Clare – I am sure you would enjoy it. I hope to post a few more postcards of the museum and Durham shortly.
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What a great place!
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Just added this to my bucket list!
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Hi Dave, yes well worth a visit. We spent almost 6 hours there and will return in a different season. I will publish one or two more ‘postcards’ from Beamish shortly. Looking at your blog, etc. we seem to travel on similar paths. Increasing use of smartphone photography, Snapseed, Pictures 2 Exe, etc. all sound familiar to me!
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Wonderful photos and looking good in black and white. When I finally get up there I will remember Andrews advice and will skip the fish and chips!
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