24th March 2009In order to train museum staff in steam skills, a training engine is being constructed by David Young and myself to reflect various…
26th March 2009 Lots has been going on, as the following photos and captions reveal… Above: Earlier today No.22 took part in the opening of…
25th March 2009 Work has started on a street watering cart, a vehicle that has sat in store at Beamish for many years. I have…
24th March 2009 Introducing the North Eastern Railway Autocar: From time to time one is offered the opportunity to join a trust as part of…
21st March 2009 This morning I shot a short and fairly poor quality film on my compact camera, showing No.22 at work in the colliery….
17th March 2009 Whilst visiting the boilermaker, David Young (my companion for the day) and I called in at Bradford Industrial Museum. This a wide…
Just a quick note to remind readers that the Coffee Pot blog on the main Beamish website is now being updated regularly and includes images…
Mystery Object revealed!!! You may remember I asked if anybody knew what the black tank on wheels might be used for – here is an…
12th March 2009 Here are two more films, a preview of the horse tram that is visiting in May, and a short clip of our…
12th March 2009 Here is the first of, hopefully, a number of short films taken on my camera (whence the low-grade quality) that I will…
10th March 2008I paid a quick visit to Bowes today to talk to Derek Young who is building the roadmenders hut. This is a terrific…
9th March 2008We’ve just completed our first full operating weekend on the revived colliery railway. It’s a bit short at present but over the next…
1st March 2009On the way South, I called in at Sumerlee Heritage Centre at Coatbridge, half an hour East of Glasgow. Reopened in 2008 after…
28th February 2009Two museums in one day, and both free! Starting with the recently refurbished (at the cost of £27.9million!!!) Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, followed…
27th February 2009Today, first port of call during a dash around southern Scotland, was the Scottish Mining Museum at the former Lady Victoria Colliery in…
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