Chris and Sarah were leaving us today, so we had decided to go to Beamish which was on their way home. Elizabeth and Graeme had last been there in 1988 so knew it would have changed a lot.
We had pre-booked our tickets so once we were parked got in reasonably quickly. It was August Bank holiday and there were a lot of visitors and lots of dogs.
You can read about Beamish here - and here and you can read about the museum's founder, Frank Atkinson here.
We got on the tram to the 1940s Farm and then to the Colliery Village where we
joined the massive queue for fish and chips but it was so worth it. They were
delicious.
Then it was on the bus to the 1950s town and the 1900s town. After a good walk round including the Co-op, pub, travel agents and the fairground we said our goodbyes to the Deaves, wandered about a bit more before catching the double decker bus back to the exit and home.
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| The oldest of the casualties was 66 and the youngest just 14 |
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