A start has been made on the ex Hodbarrow side tipping waggon that has appeared in these blog pages before. The Friends of the museum are to tackle the restoration, with the work required on the iron body being contracted out. The target is next April for the event (name to be decided!) which would hopefully see the waggon in use…

Below: Here are a couple of photographs of the waggon at Carnforth before its removal back to Beamish two years ago – where does the time go?!