Paul has been enjoying a few weeks away from the office so a different author for this post. The school holidays are still in full…
In a varied blog post, and my first for some time, I thought I would begin with a recent addition to the museum’s collection. Museum…
Some exciting news that I am sure has been eagerly awaited by many, Matt Ellis our Keeper of Transport reports on our latest hire locomotive….
On a trip to see family, over the bank holiday weekend, I took the opportunity to go and see the Clay Mills Pumping Station, in…
Now the dust has now settled, after the three weekends of the Great War Festival of Transport, I thought it was time for a short…
It is the time of year, once again, when we start looking for seasonal team members across the Museum. March to October is the busiest…
Just a short post to marks the end of deep mining in the UK. As I write the miners of Kellingley Colliery, Yorkshire, will be…
Anyone visiting the museum over the last couple of weeks can’t have failed to notice the large around of ground works taking place around the…
We were recently invited to see the inaugural steaming of the Bingfield Engine at Anson Engine Museum, Cheshire. The Bingfield Engine & Thresher, made between…
Regular, visitors may have noticed the lack of steam at the Fairground this week. This has been caused by a broken stud in the fire…
Just a short addition to Paul’s last posting marking the end of the festival of Transport. Below are a few images from the weekends Old…
We are ending our Great North Festival Transport with our annual Old King Coal event. This community led event celebrates the regions mining heritage and…
Today marks the 106th anniversary of the West Stanley Colliery Explosion. The event was the most deadly single explosion in the County, resulting in the…
Since the sad news of the death of Frank Atkinson, the museum’s founding Director, we wanted to mark his contribution to the Transport and Industry…
With the help of members of the Friends we were made aware of some interesting industrial relics in Northumberland. A 20ft set of workshop line shafting,…
It has been a while since the last Telephone Exchange update, however, work has continued at an impressive rate. The UAX13 Exchange is now working…
We have a constant flow of donations coming into the museum, however, this week we had some more unusual items to add to the museums…
Although the museum site has been covered in mist for the past few days our Old King Coal celebrations and the opening of the Pony…
The Pit Pony Stable project is now nearing completion, ready for its grand opening on 29th March. Over the past few weeks the building has…
As reported in the last Pit Pony Stables update work is now progressing with tub track in the stable yard. Tracks such as these provided a…
Our band of ex-BT volunteers are starting to make real progress with the telephone exchange. The exchange is working more reliably than it has for…
Completion of the stables is getting closer which, given the weather, the ponies will be glad of. Shaun has been busy in the joiners shop…
Work is once again picking up pace for the final push at the Pit Pony Stables, in the Pit Village. The building is now wind…
A lot of joinery work has been going on in the Colliery over the last few weeks. Not only in the Stables but also Hetton…
Helped by the recent dry weather work on the stable roof has moved along very quickly. In fact, it seems we have got the roof…
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