Time Travel

We went to Beamish the other day. The museum here is an open-air experience which brings the history of North East England from about the 1820s onwards to life. The shops, trades, homes from the different periods on show all open their doors to visitors. The longest queue was outside the sweet shop from the early days of the twentieth century … It seemed the perfect day out for the Spanish branch of the family. Life’s far too busy just now for an extensive post, but here are just a few modes of transport that we saw, and in some cases travelled on during the day. More in a later post, I’m sure.

Midweek Monochrome

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

58 thoughts on “Time Travel”

  9. Going back in time would be a challenge – there are so many things which have changed that have made our lives different. It might have been better to come of age in the 50s than today. But there are challenges we still need to overcome.. great post and fabulous photos. Enjoy the time with your family.

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  12. I love Beamish, but haven’t been for years. I know they’ve opened some new sections since I was last there, so I’ve been meaning to pay another visit. That sweet shop has always been very popular!

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  13. One of my favourite places in the North East! It must have been great fun exploring with your younger family members 😃 I’ll look forward to more photos from you in due course.

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  15. Took my younger sons there in 1995 when we had a Easter holiday in Runswick Bay. They were teenagers, but loved the place, rolling hoops in the school yard and going on the double swings. Riding on the trams. As for the old fashioned sweet shops, sadly the sweets are not the same as they were, but who can forget Yorkshire Mixture, Pear Drops and Barley Twist – all designed to damage young (and not so young) teeth!

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  17. We went there when we were on Tyneside in March. It was decades since I had been and I was very impressed with progress. Rather alarmed to be familiar with so much in the new 1950s area! The baby clinic reminded me of when my sister was born – we went somewhere just like that. Have carefully saved my ticket but I doubt we’ll be back down in time to reuse them before the year is up.

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    1. That’s a shame. We’ve resolved to get back, and make a short holiday of it to get to places like Cragside, which we’ve so far managed to dodge visiting while we’re at it.

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  23. Love the monochrome photos. I’d never heard of Beamish until I read this post, but the pictures and everyone’s comments make me want to visit it if I ever get to England.

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