28th September 2009 Over the weekend a gang of us tried out Michael Davison’s mechanical baler, powered by his 1889 Marshall – the first time…
25th September 2009 The Beamish Agricultural Show took place last weekend, and saw an injection of steam to the mechanical power on display. As well…
25th September 2009 On Thursday Coffee Pot’s new boiler was inspected by our boiler inspector as part of its entry into use at the museum….
25th September 2009 Progress on the living van is proceeding at a rapid pace. Below: Davy Sheen has overhauled and repainted the stove, black-leaded it…
17th September 2009 Last weekend saw the Tanfield Railway gala, which appeared to be a very successful event. Star guests were the Port of Par…
17th September 2009 Firstly two views of the living van restoration underway in the museum’s own workshops and being undertaken by Shaun, who we have…
17th September 2009 I was in Suffolk yesterday and visited the Long Shop Museum in Leiston (near Sizewell). This is a collection of buildings which…
17th September 2009 Today was the first day of a four day agricultural show at Beamish – so if you are reading this there are…
17th September 2009 We’ve bought another portable engine! This one is a Clayton & Shuttleworth example built in 1874 and destined for Home Farm as…
9th September 2009 A couple of views of today’s activities, principally unloading and loading lorries! Any event has a long hangover and we are still…
9th September 2009 For some time Beamish has been pursuing the idea of purchasing a portable engine (or two!) for use on the site, principally…
7th September 2009 – Great North Steam Fair Review Well, its been a hectic few weeks, culminating in the four day Great North Steam Fair…
7th September 2009 In between the events planning we received from Roger Lees the replica snowplough blade for the Rookhope narrow gauge snowplough (see Blog…
7th September 2009 The weekend before last I was invited by Anthony Coulls and Ian Cooper to attend the steam fair held at Onslow Park,…
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