This week we have a more varied collection of news snippets, as various projects progress, some new ones appear and others draw (I really hope!)…
There has been a bit of a quiet spell on the blog lately – partly as not too much ‘new’ news occurred to report and…
It has been an eventful few weeks, though I apologise that blog coverage has been a little stifled lately. It has another small extension of…
We look at a couple of projects in a reasonable amount of depth in this post, in order to give them coverage they had otherwise…
Well, nearly two weeks have passed since the whirlwind that was the 2017 Great North Steam Fair. The event can be considered to have been…
A sunny start was soon solid cloud for the day (the sun returning at around 6pm!), but the event got into full swing and so…
It has been a busy day at Beamish, and with so much to get ready, not many photos were captured, but for what it is…
Planning the Great North Steam Fair takes a great deal of preparatory work by a range of staff and volunteers. As a result, there are…
With less than a week to go until the 2017 Great North Steam Fair, most of our work is centred on the preparation for this…
A double-post this week, to round things off and catch up with news around the team… Plus the sun shone for some photos to be…
This time there is a little less from the workshops and a bit more from the sunny outdoors (sunny – not warm!)… This post covers…
It has been half-term week at Beamish, alongside which numerous pre-season works have been underway. Whilst we are a year-round attraction now, there is still…
This week features a brief snapshot of news items, taken around the Museum during the last working week. A great deal of other work is…
Hello and welcome to 2017! This is the first news post, which I intend to label by number rather than week of the year –…
Whilst readers will not have failed to notice the blog has been a little quite lately, this does not mean that a great deal hasn’t…
As has become customary, here is a brief review of 2016 and some of the highlights within the Transport & Industry/Site Support team. Needless to…
Here is a report on the volunteer narrow gauge projects from Keeper of Transport Matt Ellis. I’ve added images and captions to his report to…
We are now on the run into Christmas, with the site busy with visitors and the workshops advancing various projects which, working week-wise, don’t have…
We’re back - for now at least! Here is a quick catch-up on recent news from the T&I department… Narrow Gauge Railway Below: Since the last…
This week’s post is something of a scrapbook, covering some workshop and site works as well as last weekends Power from the Past enhanced transport…
Here is a post to add some information on the forthcoming Power from the Past weekend (next weekend). The dates for this have variously been…
Having had a fortnight off, then a week catching up, there is quite a bit of content in this posting! It is also worth mentioning…
The summer holidays roll on and the site remains incredibly busy, no doubt assisted by favourable weather and perhaps the recent TV appearances on the…
The latest book in the occasional series of titles dealing with the transport collections has arrived – The Book of Samson… It was written by…
This last week brought with it some mixed weather, with scorching sunshine, a spectacular electrical storm and quite a bit of cloud too. Under these…
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