Americans React To "BEAMISH MUSEUM - Living Museum Of The North Of England" 

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I live 20 minutes away from there. The recent 1950's street addition icludes my grandads first home that he lived in with my gran. He was a coal miner at the time but had to do national service shortly after and served in the Royal Artillery in Singapore and Malaysia

I live really close to Beamish. The nearest city is Durham, which is small, very old & beautiful. Also has a magnificent Cathedral which is a World Heritage Site, a castle too. It is on the East Coast main line (trains), which go from London all the way to Edinburgh. Easy & quick. You can get to Beamish in less than an hour from there no problem. It’s a fantastic place but hard to see it all in one day, it’s huge

You must visit Durham City Spence. only 15 minutes on the train from Newcastle Central Station. Norman Cathedral and Castle built in 1090 on the beautiful River Wear peninsula.

Head north of Newcastle to beautiful Northumberland. Castles - Alnwick and Bamburgh especially, Roman remains and stunning scenery.

Been to Beamish many many times as we live nearby. Many years ago the tickets were changed to Annual passes and that decision at the time saved Beamish which was struggling financially. By charging a bit more for the ticket it meant more income, and by making it an annual pass it meant the locals could come back free for the year. Beamish is one of those places that needs a certain volume of people to be realistic and I can personally testify that when you go back 'free' you spend just as much in the cafes and shops such as Davy's fish shop (amazing as they also fry in traditional beef dripping). I would say this is one of the best museums in the UK as it's as close as you'll get to seeing these periods in real life (without the filth and plague). It's also changing all of the time - the 50s village is now close to completion with a cinema and more houses. Some of the staff are paid employees, but many are local volunteers with amazing stories to tell. Fabulous day out - can't wait to go back. When I was a kid in nearby Bishop Auckland I used to walk past an old boarded up pub 'The Sun Inn' - turns out they found it still contained all of the original Victorian fittings and it was eventually taken down brick by brick (like the church in that video) and moved to beamish (now in the victorian town and briefly visible here on the left at 3:13 black and white building) - 20 years later I could sit and have a pint there - wow!

The fish and chips are amazing. Most of the buildings are original. Removed brick by brick and rebuilt there. A lot of the workers are voluntary

Beamish gets real buildings from around the country and disassembles them, cleans them then reconstruct them in the museum town.

Ooh yes lads! I'm from very near Beamish and I can honestly say it's an amazing place, adding to it all the time, all buildings are brought down brick by brick, numbered and rebuilt on site. The staff rotate too so one day you as a worker you could be on the farm next a blacksmith next in the sweetshop etc... all the demonstrations, the steam engines marching bands or 18th century army display I seen once, not to mention all the footpaths and forests surrounding the huge site. I went most weekends and was never once bored there's so much to do not to mention that these guys are almost single handedly preserving our North East heritage. Fantastic stuff!

Take a walk along Newcastle Quayside for all the pubs, eating places and views of the many bridges. St James Park football stadium is worth a visit, as is the 19th century Grainger Market. The Castle Keep is great and gives an excellent view of the city from the top and the Cathedral is lovely inside and out. There are also several small breweries to drop in on!

Got dragged along to this by my wife while MAN UTD were playing was not happy but as soon as I got there it was probably the best day out I’d ever had, it’s totally amazing and you really feel part of the past, the staff stay in character the whole time and the scenery is first class!! I HIGHLY recommend ! She had to drag me away after 8 hours of exploring it’s huge!!!❤❤

Whitby is a must if your up that way, best fish and chips in the land, great history Captain Cook, the Abby and then there’s Dracula of course 😂

The 'bedpan' in Northern towns was traditionally called a 'Gazunder' on account of it going 'under the bed', for night time use only.

Beamish is definitely worth visiting and also the museum in York both are really fantastic

I live a few miles out from Beamish and in my last year at school aged 15 in 1987 i spent a week there on work placement. I got to do light labour duties like changing the glass signage in the train station lamps and painting the band-stand. Years later i ended up on a crew that worked on some of the re-assembled buildings, cutting chases for electrical cables. It's a constantly growing project that gives a brief look at the lives of the working folk of the northeast from times gone by.

If you guys visit England Beamish is a must go. You need at least a whole day.

Two miles away from Beamish is Tanfield Railway which has steam trains running on a short route .I think the trains only run on weekends. There are loco sheds there also where they work on the engines. In the same area is the Causey Aech which is the oldest railway bridge in the world .The builders used Roman technology to build it . Although all of the videos on you tube are good they really don't do Beamish justice.If you do manage to go you will not be disappointed.

I live right next to Beamish… Think Westworld,its full of actors in costumes…..bloody fantastic place.

All the buildings in this huge museum have been taken down and rebuilt from all over the North of England. Not cheap, but well worth it. It takes a whole day to see it all

This wasn't a town made up to be a living museum, all these buildings were demolished from towns around Durham, and rebuilt brick by brick at Beamish .

If you're passing through Cheshire on the trip, do consider stopping off at Jodrell Bank to check out some monumental 1950's engineering.

You should definitely pop down to Durham City, it's only a 15 minute train ride from Newcastle

I live near Beamish in a small town called Washington, the place your first Presidents family is from

This video of beamish was taking near the end of covid ,,, But now there is no need to book a slot you can just turn up on the day but sooner the better to get as much in as possible.. There is also a few trains you can ride on one down from the Town near the funfair area and one called the waggonway near pockerley village which is a very old style steam engine you ride on these are all free as are buses and trams,,

Used to live in Chester-Le-Street and remember going to Beamish before it was a museum. Found a really old miners lamp - candle lit so possibly before Davy safety lamp. Spare candle held in the handle. Timings don’t really add up though, Davy lamp 1815 and Beamish mine opened much later I think.

They’ve moved a lot of buildings there, actual buildings

One of the best days out I've ever had. Do make a full day of it, and don't forget to ride on the 1830s railway line (avoid wearing your best clothes, as the smoke can get everywhere!

Lads you’ve got me addicted to your blogs. Loved your posts about the Legendary Fred Dibnah, more people should know about him. Keep up the great work from a new fan from Kettering England.

When in Newcastle should get the metro (mini train service) and go down to whitley bay cullercoats and tynemouth really nice coast line

Some of the stuff in the printing shop are from dad's old printing company. When he retired he donated some of the equipment and type faces to them

I’m originally from Newcastle and have visited Beamish many a time. It has grown so much from the early days. I’m from a mining family, ( Dad was a miner) and all mines( pit) had ponies. The pit ponies retired to Beamish, the pits have long gone now and the last pit pony died in 2009 . Here in Northern Ireland ( hopefully Spencer you’ll get to visit N/Ireland) we have Ulster Folk living Museum in Cultra Co. Down and The Ulster/American folk park in Omagh.

I haven't been their in years. My grandmother lives fairly close, still need to drive for half-an-hour or so. We could have had a family connection if the place had started ten years earlier. The place takes real-life buildings that were due to be demolished and moves them to the open air museum. My great-grandfather had a Victorian era barbers shop on South Shields riverfront, but it was torn down before the Beamish people could get a hold of it.

I spent a day at Christmas in old Sturbridge village in Massachusetts. Period costume, horse drawn sleigh, mulled cider, carols…. It was WONDERFUL.

Absolutely love beamish, there’s also blists Hill Victorian town near Iron Bridge, and the Black Country Living museum in Dudley.

Yorvik is a brilliant attraction. Same type thing but viking times

Live a 20 mins bus journey from here. God's country NE England ✌️

When we went to Beamish, the guide was a former Miner. The entrance is a long passage where you enter an leave bent over. He told a story of when he was in a pit out under the North Sea. He missed the last train out for his shift and had to walk like that for 9 miles.

Wow, I went on a school trip to this place nearly 40 years ago !

We went there with Junior school when we were 11, 44 years ago, great place

If you guys come to England in September you should go to Glorious Goodwood where you dress in period correct costumes

In the late 1980s I worked for a (then) well known department store in Edinburgh. The Company supported Staff Welfare Initiative. Included in the offerings along with annual Staff Dances, were the Staff Day Trips. We went to Beamish on at least two occasions. The first foray to Beamish was a single coach. The next trip was two bus loads, and the tickets allocated by names “drawn out of a hat” due to the enthusiastic reports about the original visit. Of course Beamish was relatively “new” then, but was still hugely entertaining, and informative. We left Edinburgh early, early in the morning, arriving at Beamish at opening time, leaving at closing time, and stopping on the drive back to have dinner, arriving back in Edinburgh in the late evening. It was great listening to your reaction to the Museum, and seeing the additions to the exhibition.

Great video again lads, I live in-between Newcastle and Beamish, there are medieval castles and Roman forts all over here, not to mention Hadrian's wall..

My sister lives in Beamish great place. Have to stop in Durham and Newcastle too

Think of it as a zoo for buildings. Buildings saved from different periods of time and rebuilt to recreate a period of time. Peaky Blinders is shot at The Black Country museum in Birmingham. Bliss Hill in Shropshire is another. A great day out. They all have working pubs, fish and chip shops and other shops. Bliss Hill is early industrial and has iron smelting and candle making going on.

One of my grandfathers worked in a Durham mine, but not at the coal face, he looked after the pit ponies which were used to drag the wagons of coal up to the surface. And I grew up in a Victorian home with a cast iron range in the kitchen, as was shown in the video. Just so you know, Newcastle is in Northumberland County which is next to County Durham. Durham Cathedral is very special if you like old buidings.

The BBC series 'The Repair Shop' is filmed in a barn at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum over Singleton way (north of Chichester, West Sussex) which is a similar living museum, only it's much further back in time. We've also got the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum which has more early 20th Century stuff and vehicles.

Beamish was actually the very first open-air living history museum in Britain (UK?) to be opened, lads - anything else just followed after them in their own ways . . .

I can take you spencer I live in Newcastle I love beamish

I live in county durham, near the beach, was there today infact, great everytime we all go, just take a packed lunch, spot on for the price, pay once for an annual ticket and go as much as you like

Hi Spencer & Daniel, if your Nana is interested in period dramas Spencer, you could suggest to her the early 1970`s (Upstairs, Downstairs). It was set between 1903-1930, it was about a rich family in London & their servants. It was the most popular in the U.K. until (Downton Abbey) came along, it had many wonderful British Actor`s & Actresses. Including one of the Co-creators, Jean Marsh portraying Rose the house parlourmaid. Another is the early 1990`s (The House Of Eliott) set in the 1920`s were 2 sisters try to create a fashion house. If you are considering visiting Beamish, there is the National Museum of The Royal Navy in the town of Hartlepool, on the coast 22 miles to the southeast of Beamish. It is set up as a recreation of a seaport during the Napoleonic period & contains the oldest RN ship still afloat H.M.S. Trincomalee.

A similar area of the country and in a similar vein and well worth your time, I'd reccomend Eden Camp if your schedule allows it. A former pow camp from world war 2, it is now a museum with the original pow housing used to display a different aspect of the war from the British side from the beginning up until wars conclusion

Beamish isn't far from my home town of Darlington (birthplace of Public Railways in 1825). The entrance to Beamish is actually a steam hammer called Tiny Tim that was once used at a foundry in Darlington.

Royal Navy museum is another good one in the north east it’s in the coastal town of Hartlepool

I have only been here once (it’s a long walk from East Sussex.) It was winter, cold, raining, lots of it was shut, and it was absolutely brilliant. If I get up to Durham in the future I will definitely be going again.

Just over an hour from Beamish is the Forbidden Corner, which is a great day out!

I enjoyed Williams urge when I was, over in the States a few years ago and we toured all the battlefields as, well. However, Beamish is, huge in comparison and you really need a couple of days especially now they are adding a 1950s town.

There is also a fully functioning pub at Beamish called The Sun Inn and I can heartily recommend the Firebrick 2 Bob Bitter brewed locally. They also do light and dark ales if you're not in to bitter. I concur with the person in the video - you cannot experience all of Beamish in a day. I have been several times and found new and interesting things to do each time. I would say, catch a tram from the entrance to the 1910 town and stay there as long as you like - that could be all day, of course - and only move on when you feel the urge. Don't try and squeeze it all in or you'll be left disappointed. Do make time for a pint, though!

I'm Scottish from near Glasgow. I have been to Beamish many times over the years as my Nana and aunts and uncles and cousins all lived in County Durham. I visited first time aged 8, again aged 10 with my friend who stayed at my Nana's. We went down the drift mine. You just walk down and have to wear a hat with lamps on front. We visited the 1900's street. Aged 22, my parents and I got our photos taken wearing traditional dress. The costumes are fronts only and tied at the back. Our friends took our video of us and was funny to watch back as the fronts were 1900's and at the back we were wearing shorts. We visited the 1900's put village and the miners cottages. My mum worked with a colleague whose father-in-law's house was rebuilt brick by brick. They were miners. We travelled on the tram and the steam train. There is an old fashioned sweet shop where you can buy old fashioned sweets. I haven't been for over 20 years and would love to visit again as they have obviously added to it.

At the pits you can visit the pit ponies I've been down twice & it's a great experience

You need to visit St Fagans museum near Cardiff if you love this type of museum. Old Welsh building preserved at this museum, just watch your head when entering some of the cottages!!

Taking my Florida friends in May when they make their first visit to me. Every kid in the N.East took school trips to Beamish.

Beamish is just up the road from me. It's an amazing place. The Sun Inn pub is fantastic, like most buildings it was removed brick by brick from my home town Bishop Auckland.

I'm originally from that area and used to live only 5 miles from Beamish Museum. I can remember having school trips to it, wasn't as big as it is now. I took my wife to it for the first time four years and she thought it was awesome. You probably need to spend a whole day because it is so big. The fish and chips are to die for.

When you're in Manchester Spencer you should check out the Science and Industry museum, It's a short walk from the city centre and full of interesting stuff

I used to live in Pelton near museum

Hey guys have you checked out yet hanna hawxwell yet a right character from a bygone age,a winters tale,a winters to far or many,she was a sensation back in the early 1970s.

Up inthat neck of woods Durham cathedral is a must. They have a copy of Mappi Mundi

If you guys are interested in history and like programs where people get involved, have you thought of checking out the ‘Victorian Farm’ (2009) BBC Series? It was a series where the presenters (usually Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, and Peter Ginn) recreate everyday life on a farm in the 1880s, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. If you like it, then there are a few other programs with much the same team: Tales From The Green Valley (2005), Victorian Pharmacy (2010), Edwardian Farm (2010), Wartime Farm (2012), Tudor Monastery Farm (2013), Secrets Of The Castle (2014), and Full Steam Ahead (2016).

The chamber pot was often referred to as a "gazunda" as it goes under the bed.

Best fish'n'chips EVER!! Cooked the old fashioned way. Queue early though because it can be super busy. Wouldn't be surprised if people don't just pay to go there for the fish'n'chips. If I lived closer, I would.

The pub there was taken from just up the road from me. The bar top is the same one my Grandfather drank on. My mother would stand on it and sing when she was 4/5 in the late 40s / early 50s and he would use the money to buy his beer 😂.

Although I live in the SE of England I can relate so much to how wonderful Beamish is in the North. So much of this fantastic memories of childhood although moved on still related to Victorian times. So much I do miss where the modern World misses out on. I'd love so much of that back now. I could go back to buying items pre decimal system in Pounds, Shillings, and Pence £:s:d with ease, not an issue in the slightest. I argue a lot that Trams and Trolleybuses should be the transport not only of the past but also the future. 19th Century technology like the Bicycle it works because it works! end of. I belong to a railway group where since 1995 we are getting so close now of our 1950's Electric trains back running main line. Absolute credit to those around the World anywhere who takes the time to keep history alive.

All of the buildings are real and not fake. They are found around the country and taken apart brick by brick to be rebuilt Beamish.

Recommend the Historic Dockyard of Portsmouth esp HMS Victory but my fav is the Mary Rose ship wreak exhibition ...

Between Birmingham and Dudley we have the Black Country Living Museum.. also another worthwhile day out. Birmingham also has Cadbury World, just a couple of miles down the road from me, in Bournville. Crich in Matlock has the Tram Museum Village too..in gorgeous surroundings, and Matlock is worth a visit just for the beautiful scenery

Call the midwife is brilliant! I’m glad your grandma loves it! If she can get hold of it, she should watch “Larkrise to Candleford” if she hasn’t already!

I'm only just 8 miles from there, it's a very popular place and great setup... Also, near by, is Beamish Hall, a hotel, and it's beautiful with a gorgeous little restaurant called "The Stables"... Lovely place for a stay, had meself some nice romantic weekends there *wink wink*, highly recommended if your in the area, even if you want to go for a bit of bait! :) Oh, and by the way, when an American visits County Durham, they are technically visiting their nations roots... Let me explain... There is a place called Washington in the area, historically, it was part of County Durham, then moved over to the Sunderland area... Anyway, a family that owned the area were called "The Washingtons", and yes, some uprooted and went to live in the colonies over the pond. One of the family members descendants became your.... First president, and the stars and stripes flag of yours, it's based on their family shield, which is displayed in our Cathedral in Durham City just down the road! So, when you go to Beamish Museam, and with it, County Durham, all I can say is... Welcome home! :)

Beamish was our best school trip .

I live near there they missed the old fairground

I’m 20 minutes away from Beamish. Had lots of school trips there. Fantastic place

You do not go that far into the Drift Mine but if you are tall you have to stoop, crouch and bend over quite a bit as the Tunnel is quite narrow and low down, you used to be able to go further in to the mine but part of it has been walled off inside as the mine itself has flooded and is now unsafe in the cavern on the other side of the wall

Did you know that tram seat backs can flip the other way so the tram can drive backwards on the tracks and you can still sit facing the front. Some trams had dual front back controls

Been there many many times, amazing place.

You can buy an annual subscription to it

i live very close to Beamish, and let me tell you it is a wonderful attraction and huge, the one thing that i will never forget though, was going into one of the bedrooms in Pockerly Manor and seeing an unfinished tapestry on the wall, this was done by a very young girl while laying on her deathbed in the 1800s, she died before completing it. That was so sad to see and effected me for ages after

I live in County Durham and Beamish is great place to visit but will need weekend to see all. Newcastle is not in County Durham further North in Tyne & wear. Co. Durham has Castle & Cathedral that you cav visit and Darlington is the place where passenger railroads began in 1827 and Stephensons Steam locomotives that set standard worlswide, also has worlds first iron bridge still used today.. Little further North there are two Roman mile end forts with reconstructed buildings from original foundations 2000 years ago called Arbeia & Segedunum

Beamish s lovely very interesting!! You need 2 days at least to see everything!!!!

I beleve at some point Beamish will have a 1980's town too. They have preserved a Tyne and Wear Metro unit (they were built 1975-1981).

My parents took me there when I was a kid. I've never forgotten it.

Beamish is made up of a series of old buildings removed from their original settings in various locations around the north of England, & rebuilt at the Beamish site in arrangements like original towns & villages. There are actors playing the part of old time inhabitants of such places, making traditional products etc in authentic ways. It includes working trams & other vehicles & examples of old times activities & crafts. Hadrian's Wall is a must see.

St Fagans near Cardiff is similar, brilliant living museum. And free!

Boys you should have stuck with Guy Martin and also look into the "Black Country living museum" very similar kind of thing , also a lot of "Peaky Blinders" filmed there too.

Notvthe only museum of this sort in England, you've also got Blists Hill at Ironbridge in Shropshire (where the worlds first Iron Bridge still stands, and also the Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders country).

This place reminds me of that South Park episode, super fun time 😂

I live quite near this museum is❤ amazing old villages a pit old fashioned world it’s so good brilliant that your putting this on worth a visit if you find yourself in the North East of England

Beamish is brilliant lads enjoy it, i'm originally from Newcastle but sadly moved away a while ago,but i do go back every year for a visit, you will love it Spenser great city👍

Beamish is actually just outside of Durham City so in between Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, I live just up the road from the Museum

Chester-le-Street is widely acknowledged to be the most northerly station on London's Tube network.

As others have said, go to Durham castle and cathedral area. Beautiful city with a unique history.

Beamish is definitely a must-visit in the North East, but no visit to County Durham and Newcastle is complete without going to Durham Cathedral - used as a filming location for the Harry Potter movies and Avengers End Game.