A quick roundup of a spring Monday at Beamish:

Below: The Fergie tractor was at work in the Pockerley area, volunteer Dick Atkinson being engaged in the fence/hedge works associated with the St Helens Church project.

Below: A start was made yesterday on the rebuilding of St Helens Church, from Eston, which is to be located in the fields below Pockerley Old Hall. An impressive array of plant moved onto the site in order to grade the land and prepare for the construction of the foundations.

Below: Meanwhile, Newcastle 114 was receiving the initial undercoats in the tram depot…

Below: Alongside 114, work on fitting roof reinforcements to Sunderland 101 (the Balloon) was underway with Peter Barlow drilling the roof hoops to enable rolled angles to be bolted to them – this provides the required strength to mount the trolley-planks to, which are in turn subject to very high forces from the boom – whence the need to strengthen this area.

Below: By the end of the day 114 was looking rather different…!!!