Ayesha

this is the nameplate of a 1925 Aveling & Porter Steam Roller (TN216) called Ayesha, and was seen recently at Beamish Museum

a window at Beamish

A window at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Miner's Lamps

Miner's Lamps at the wonderful Beamish Living Museum of the North. Beamish is a must visit in County Durham  for locals and tourists alike.

A history of miner's lamps can be found here.

Masonic Cribbage Board

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Cribbage is a card game that involves playing and grouping cards in certain combinations which gain points. The Cribbage board, is used to record the points. This board , on display at Beamish Museum, is inlaid with the principal symbolic tools of Freemasonry, the square and the compass.

the netty

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Netty is an old Geordie word for a toilet; for its' possible derivation see: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/netty
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This example is an outdoor netty at an old pitman's cottage at Beamish Museum

1913 Daimler double decker

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This bus at Beamish Museum is an exact replica of a 1913 Daimler double decker, it is built on a Dodge minibus chassis.

Signal Box at Beamish Station

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this is a view of the interior of the signals box at the Station at Beamish Museum

Sinks at Beamish Board School

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these sinks (wash basins ) are in the the Beamish Board School which was relocated onto the museum site from nearby East Stanley. The building was first opened in 1892 and has been faithfully restored on the Beamish site.

Petroleum Dispenser, early 20th Century

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The town area of Beamish Museum shows Victorian buildings as they would have been in around 1913. This petrol dispenser is within the Town Garage; it has a separate nozzle for Pints, Quarts and Gallons.

Columbian Printing Press

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A Columbian press, early 19th century, at Beamish Museum, County Durham.

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No. 10 Tram, Beamish Museum

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10 is s single-deck tram car built in the 1920s by the Gateshead and District Tramways Co. at its Sunderland Road works. It is 42' 8'' in length and has seating for 48 passengers.

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Window , the Great Shed, Beamish Museum

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The Great Shed at Beamish , is based upon the lost buildings of Timothy Hackworth’s works at Shildon, County Durham. Incorporated in the structure is original ironwork from George Stephenson’s Forth Banks locomotive works in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Beamish Museum and Puffing Billy

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Beamish (www.beamish.org.uk/ ) is an open air museum, set in 300 acres of countryside in County Durham. It tells the story of the people of North East England in around 1825 when the area was still mainly agricultural but about to witness the great upheaval of the Industrial Revolution, and later in 1913 when the heavy industries of the region, particularly coal mining, were at their peak.

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Shown in the first photo is a working replica of Puffing Billy which was an early steam locomotive named after, and built by , William Hedley, in 1813-1814 for use at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne where Hedley was the resident engineer. The original is on display at the National Railway Museum in York.

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