Beamish is a fantastic living open air museum in County Durham, just south of Newcastle. Using old fashioned buses or trams, you can travel back in time to 1825 Pocketly Manor and its railway, complete with a ride on Puffy Billy.
Then there's the 1913 Mining village, where you learn the life a miner's family, and with the village's mine that you can go down into, right down to the work face and learn of the workers who mine the coal that made Great Britain and its Empire that great power of its day. Lunch of fish and chips are served in newspapers behind the village church, which is next door to the village school where could be the belt if you're late or misbehave.
Then you can visit the 1913 Town where you can visit the bank to learn the old currency (Pounds, Shillings and Pennies, just don't forget the Half-Pennies) and if you times the old currency seventy times you will get today's currency. After the bank you can visit the sweet shop where the sweet jars are on display for all to see then to the tea shop for a cup of tea.
There is plenty to see and do at Beamish. Enjoy your visit if you pass by.
Did you take any pictures Christopher, or are there links to web sites of the places you visited.
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I went to beamish a couple of years ago and found it fascinating
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