Below: Colin Slater, who assists in coordinating the work that the Friends workshop volunteers do at Beamish, send through these photos of a ‘typical’ Saturday’s work (this is by no means it in its entirety however!).

Here work on the buffer straps for the side tipping waggon are being worked on.

Below: There is generally at least one cycle project underway in the workshops, something that looks likely to remain the case in the future and thus provides a steady stream of work as well as an outlet for the expertise in this field.

Below: Test brackets (as shown in earlier posting) are offered up to the DoS saloon 58A. This photo amply illustrates the work required to reconstruct the lower step on the coach.

Below: Work has started on assembling the Adams Car Elevator, with two of the angled castors being fitted to the new channels in which the wheels sit.

Below: Some time ago a small cannon (!) was obtained from another museum. Whilst the cast barrel is in good order, the carriage was not and an entirely new one has been made out of oak and is seen here being assembled prior to painting. Needless to say this is one of the few exhibits for which we don’t have aspirations of operating it!