General Chat

We went to Beamish on our last visit to England. My brother-in-law and his family took us there for the day. We loved every minute of it. We have a similar thing here in Australia called Sovereign Hill. It is in Ballarat Victoria in the heart of the goldfields. It's very authentic. Susan

if you get the chance germaine its well worth it so interesting, the black country museum has a very special feell to it and wonderfull old sweet, cake and fish and chip shops i would go back time after time (and not just for the food LOL) xxLynnxx

I have never been but heard about Beamish and it sounds fab one place I must visit. Believe the Black Country Mseum is great too. Germaine x

hi gwyn hope your well yes we went in the autumn such a special place did you have the fish and chips from the old shop ? delicious xxLynnxx

Lynn We visited the Black Country Museum last December- a beautiful mild day, with carols playing from the church just adding to the atmosphere. Another great day out. Gwyn

id love to visit beamish, its where my ggts were from isnt it strange, before i started doing my tree i went to the black country living museum in Dudley and had a fantastic day a wonderfull place, then i find out my ggts on the other side of the tree were from there, wish id have known before i went it would have made it more special knowing thats where my family lived and worked xxLynnxx

I love visiting these sort of places.We really enjoyed our visit a few years ago. The opencast mine was interesting too. Great seeing the oldfashioned shops too. In August we visited the Museum of Welsh Life on the western side of Cardiff at St. Fagans. It's fascinating seeing the old miners cottages and all the other many buildings rescued from various parts of Wales, - they even have a prefab there now too. It was a great day out and we still didn't see it all - and a big surprise was to find it had FREE entry now. Gwyn

There's also a place very similar near Belfast which is well worth a visit, can't think what it's called but it was brilliant--you need walking legs for there though!!!

I've been too. Isn't it the most wonderful place!!?? I wished I lived nearer so I could go again - 300 miles away from me :((

I went about 3 years ago and there are a few new bits and loads more info--I'm thinking of Friends as well-it's about 3/4 hour drive from my house

It's amazing isn't it! When I lived up in the North East I was a 'Friend of Beamish' and spent most of my sparevtime there. Sadly, I haven't been for a few years now and I would image there have been some changes!! Must go again next time I go North.....

Took the kids to Beamish today and I think I got the most out of it!!! The little row of cottages came from Francis street at Hetton and my GG's lived very close, it was fascinating--I could almost see them--it was so weird gettting that glimpse into their lives an thinking maybe they had friends that may have lived in Francis street---of course OH and sprogs say that all this just confirms how weird I am!!!! :-)